ENA observations of a global substorm growthphase dropout in the nightside magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 23-1

  Brandt, P Cson ^a   Ohtani, S ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Demajistre, R ^a   Roelof, E C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT CONVECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM FLUXES; ENERGIZATION; ENHANCED CONVECTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRALS; LINEAR INVERSION; PROTON DISTRIBUTIONS; RING CURRENTS;

EID: 84960076162     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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