Different Alfvén wave acceleration processes of electrons in substorms at ∼4-5 RE and 2-3 RE radial distance

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2213-2227

  Janhunen, P ^a   Olsson, A ^a   Hanasz, J ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Laakso, H ^a   Samson, J C ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms; auroral phenomena); Space plasma physics (wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 3242880646     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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