Effects of energetic electrons on the electrodynamics in the ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 475-496

  Aksnes, A ^a   Stadsnes, J ^a   Lu, G ^b   Ostgaard N ^c   Vondrak, R R ^d   Detrick, D L ^e   Rosenberg, T J ^e   Germany, G A ^f   Schulz, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; particle precipitation); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON DENSITY; ENERGETICS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 1342331402     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-475-2004     Document Type: Article

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