Subauroral morning proton spots (SAMPS) as a result of plasmapause-ring- current interaction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Frey, H U ^a   Haerendel, G ^b   Mende, S B ^a   Forrester, W T ^c   Immel, T J ^a   Ostgaard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Plasmapause; Proton precipitation; Ring current; Wave particle interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249944805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010516     Document Type: Article

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