CLUSTER observations of electron outflowing beams carrying downward currents above the polar cap by northward IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 953-969

  Teste, A ^a   Fontaine, D ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Maggiolo, R ^b   Canu, P ^a   Fazakerley, A ^c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON; ENERGY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34248595790     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-953-2007     Document Type: Article

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