Large-amplitude electric fields in the inner magnetosphere: Van Allen Probes observations of subauroral polarization streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 5294-5306

  Califf, S ^a   Li, X ^a   Wolf, R A ^b   Zhao, H ^a   Jaynes, A N ^a   Wilder, F D ^a   Malaspina, D M ^a   Redmon, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electric field; injection; SAPS; subauroral; Van Allen Probes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978484244     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022252     Document Type: Article

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