Transient ion beamlet injections into spatially separated PSBL flux tubes observed by Cluster-CIS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Keiling, A ^a   Reme H ^a   Dandouras, I ^a   Bosqued, J M ^a   Parks, G K ^b   McCarthy, M ^c   Kistler, L ^d   Amata, E ^e   Klecker, B ^f   Korth, A ^g   Lundin, R ^h  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e INAF   (Italy)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GEOPHYSICS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SATELLITES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEPARATION; TIME DELAY;

ION BEAMLETS; ION INJECTIONS; ION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL EFFECTS;

ION BEAMS; IONS;

IONOSPHERE;

DISPERSION EFFECT; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; FINE STRUCTURES; SEPARATED REGION; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TIME OF FLIGHT;

EID: 6044226839     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020192     Document Type: Article

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