Lobe cell convection and polar cap precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Eriksson, S ^a   Peria, W J ^b   Bonnell, J W ^c   Su, Y J ^a   Ergun, R E ^a   Tung, Y K ^c   Parks, G K ^c   Carlson, C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Particle precipitation; Plasma convection; Polar cap phenomena; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905351088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009725     Document Type: Article

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