On the altitude dependence of transversely heated O+ distributions in the cusp/cleft

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1787-1798

  Bouhram, M ^a   Klecker, B ^a   Miyake, W ^b   Reme H ^c   Sauvaud, J A ^c   Malingre, M ^d   Kistler, l ^e   Blagau A ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena); Space plasma physics (charged particle motion and acceleration; wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442548803     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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