Crossing a narrow-in-altitude turbulent auroral acceleration region

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-204

  Pottelette, R ^a   Treumann, R A ^b,c   Georgescu, E ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; PLASMA; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2442643783     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-197-2004     Document Type: Article

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