Sheared magnetospheric plasma flows and discrete auroral arcs: A quasi-static coupling model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 317-330

  Echim, M M ^a,b   Roth, M ^a   De Keyser, J ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 33846880459     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-317-2007     Document Type: Article

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