Seasonal and solar cycle variations of the vertical distribution of the occurrence probability of auroral kilometric radiation sources and of upflowing ion events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Kumamoto, A ^a   Ono, T ^a   Iizima, M ^a   Oya H ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auroral kilometric radiation; Auroral particle acceleration region; Seasonal variation; Solar cycle variation; Upflowing ion event

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344598572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009522     Document Type: Article

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