Long term dynamic radiation belt model for low energy protons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4129-4132

  Boscher, Daniel ^a   Bourdarie, Sebastien ^a   Friedel, Reiner ^b   Korth, Axel ^c  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONS; PLASMAS; PROTONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIATION BELTS;

DYNAMIC RADIATION BELT MODELS; MAGNETOSPHERIC ACCELERATION PROCESSES;

RADIATION BELTS; IONS;

ACCELERATION PROCESS; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES; LOW-ENERGY PROTONS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RADIAL DIFFUSION; SIMPLE MODELING; SOURCE POPULATION;

EID: 0032208311     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900077     Document Type: Article

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