Interhemispheric transport of relativistic electron beams

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 581-584

  Khazanov, G V ^b   Liemohn, M W ^a   Krivorutsky, E N ^b   Kozyra, J U ^a   Gilchrist, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

ELECTRON BEAM INJECTION; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSPORT; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS;

GEOPHYSICS; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON;

COLLISIONAL INTERACTIONS; COLLISIONAL PROCESS; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE LENGTH; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAM; SPATIAL DOMAINS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

EID: 0033105388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900045     Document Type: Article

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