Correlation between suprathermal electron bursts, broadband extremely low frequency waves, and local ion heating in the midaltitude cleft/low-latitude boundary layer observed by Cluster

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Bogdanova, Y V ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Owen, C J ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^c   Grison, B ^c   Andre M ^d   Cargill, P ^e   Reme H ^f,h   Bosqued, J M ^f,h   Kistler, L M ^g   Balogh, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cleft electron observations; Dayside ion outflow; Ion heating in the cleft cusp; Wave particle interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646567925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010554     Document Type: Article

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