Azimuthal plasma pressure reconstructed by using the Aureol-3 satellite data during quiet geomagnetic conditions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 737-741

  Stepanova, M V ^a   Antonova, E E ^b   Bosqued, J M ^c   Kovrazhkin, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Azimuthal plasma pressure; Field aligned current; Magnetosphere ionosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMAGNETISM; GRADIENT METHODS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSTATICS; ORBITS; PLASMAS;

PARTICLE FLUXES; PLASMA PRESSURE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1842637517     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00641-0     Document Type: Article

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