Control plasmaspheric dynamics by both convection and sub-auroral polarization stream

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Goldstein, J ^a   Sandel, B R ^b   Hairston, M R ^c   Reiff, P H ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Dynamics; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLOW ENHANCEMENT; PLASMASPHERIC DYNAMICS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1642586433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018390     Document Type: Article

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