A simple analytical model for subauroral polarization stream (SAPS)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Lyatsky, W ^a   Tan, Arjun ^a   Khazanov, G V ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

ENERGIZATION; PLASMA CONVECTION; SUBAURORAL POLARIZATION STREAM (SAPS);

POLARIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; POLARIZATION;

EID: 34047209833     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025949     Document Type: Article

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