May 4, 1998 storm: Observations of energetic ion composition by POLAR

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2921-2924

  Chen, Jiasheng ^a   Fritz, Theodore A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; HELIUM; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIATION BELTS; STORMS;

CUSP ENERGETIC PARTICLE (CEP) EVENTS; GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH;

RADIATION BELTS; IONS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

ACCELERATION PROCESS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGY SPECTRA; EQUATORIAL PLANES; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; ION COMPOSITION; OUTER RADIATION BELT; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

EID: 0033210728     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003582     Document Type: Article

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