Large parallel electric fields in the upward current region of the aurora: Evidence for ambipolar effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Hull, A J ^a   Bonnell, J W ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Scudder, J D ^b   Chaston, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral acceleration; Electrostatic structures; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Parallel electric fields; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944254167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009682     Document Type: Article

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