Auroral source region: Plasma properties of the high-latitude plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Kletzing, C A ^a   Scudder, J D ^a   Dors, E E ^b   Curto, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Density; Plasma sheet; Solar wind correlation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645489988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009678     Document Type: Article

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