Conjugate comparison of Super Dual Auroral Radar Network and Cluster electron drift instrument measurements of e × B plasma drift

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Baker, J B H ^a   Greenwald, R A ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^a   Forster M ^b   Paschmann, G ^b   Donovan, E F ^c   Tsyganenko, N A ^d,g   Quinn, J M ^e   Balogh, A ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic mapping; Field aligned potential; Inductive electric field; Tsyganenko

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749118735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009912     Document Type: Article

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