Formula representation of auroral ionospheric O+ outflows based on systematic simulation with effects of soft electron precipitation and transverse ion heating

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zeng, W ^a   Horwitz, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPECTRAL DENSITY;

AURORAL OUTFLOWS; SOFT ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; TRANSVERSE ION HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

AURORA; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELECTRON; ENERGY FLUX; ION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; OUTFLOW; PLASMA; SIMULATION; WAVE SPECTRUM;

HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 34249894788     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028632     Document Type: Article

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