Magnetospheric Dynamics and the Proton Aurora

Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 365-378

  Donovan, E ^a   Spanswick, E ^a   Liang, J ^a   Grant, J ^a   Jackel, B ^a   Greffen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central plasma sheet; Isotropy boundary; Magnetosphere; Precipitation; Proton aurora; Substorm

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ISOTROPY BOUNDARY; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY; MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PLASMA SHEET; PROTON AURORA; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 84892606427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GM001241     Document Type: Chapter

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