FAST observations of ion solitary waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  McFadden, J P ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Mozer, F S ^a   Muschietti, L ^a   Roth, I ^a   Moebius, E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic mode; Density cavity; Ion beam; Ion hole; Solitary wave; Weak double layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905356347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009485     Document Type: Article

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