Supply of thermal ionospheric ions to the central plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Cully, C M ^a   Donovan, E F ^a   Yau, A W ^a   Opgenoorth, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2463 ionosphere: Plasma convection; 2736 magnetospheric physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; 2744 magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2760 magnetospheric physics: Plasma convection; Magnetospheric physics: Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746382319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009457     Document Type: Article

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