Auroral post-secondary ions from the nightside ionosphere in the inner magnetosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1213-1232

  Sofko, George ^a   Schwab, Robert ^a   Watanabe, Masakazu ^a   Huang, Chaosong ^b   Foster, John ^b   McWilliams, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounce drift motion; SAPS; Secondary ions; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; IONS; LIGHT EMISSION;

AURORAL ZONE; ENERGY FLUX; FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS; TRANSVERSE ACCELERATION; WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34447096330     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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