Correlation of changes in the outer-zone relativistic-electron population with upstream solar wind and magnetic field measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 927-929

  Blake, J B ^a   Baker, D N ^b   Turner, N ^b   Ogilvie, K W ^c   Lepping, R P ^c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; SPEED; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; WIND;

SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON ENHANCEMENT; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR WIND DENSITY; SOLAR WIND SPEED;

EID: 0031117245     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00859     Document Type: Article

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