Energetic neutral atom images of a narrow flow channel from the plasma sheet: Astrid-1 observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Cson Brandt, P ^a,d   Ebihara, Y ^b   Barabash, S ^c   Roelof, E C ^a,d  

^a APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENA; Flow channel; Magnetospheric convection; Quiet

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849125691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000230     Document Type: Article

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