Precipitation and nonlinear effects in geomagnetic field line resonances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Prakash, M ^a,c   Rankin, R ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Institut de Physique Fondamentale Univesité   (France)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institut de Physique Fondamentale   (France)

Author keywords

2407 Ionosphere: Auroral ionosphere (2704); 2704 Magnetospheric physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2716 Magnetospheric physics: Energetic particles, precipitating; 2736 magnetospheric physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905332470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009383     Document Type: Article

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