A strong CME-related magnetic cloud interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere: ISTP observations of rapid relativistic electron acceleration on May 15, 1997

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2975-2978

  Baker, D N ^b   Pulkkinen, T I ^a,b   Li, X ^b   Kanekal, S G ^c   Ogilvie, K W ^c   Lepping, R P ^c   Blake, J B ^d   Callis, L B ^e   Rostoker, G ^f   Singer, H J ^g   Reeves, G D ^h  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; RADIATION BELTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; INTENSE GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY;

ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC CLOUD EVENT; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON ACCELERATION;

EID: 0032137520     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01134     Document Type: Article

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