Historical review of the different procedures used to compute the L-parameter

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 325-331

  Heynderickx, D ^a   Lemaire, J ^a   Daly, E J ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

GEOMAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MCILWAINS VALUE; PARTICLE FLUX; TRAPPED RADIATION MODELS;

RADIATION BELTS;

EID: 0030150713     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(96)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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