A new, temporarily confined population in the polar cap during the August 27, 1996 geomagnetic field distortion period

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1447-1450

  Chen, Jiasheng ^a   Fritz, Theodore A ^a   Sheldon, Robert B ^a   Spence, Harlan E ^a   Spjeldvik, Walther N ^a   Fennell, Joseph F ^b   Livi, Stefano ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; HELIUM; MAGNETOSPHERE; GEOPHYSICS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; ION COMPOSITION; ISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL MINIMUMS; LOWER ENERGIES; PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPACECRAFT;

GEOMAGNETISM;

POLAR CAP; TRAPPED HEAVY IONS;

EID: 0031168113     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01369     Document Type: Article

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