POLAR spacecraft observations of helium ion angular anisotropy in the Earth's radiation belts

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 723-733

  Spjeldvik, W N ^a   Fritz, T A ^b   Chen, J ^b   Sheldon, R B ^b  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, trapped; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; plasmasphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033410314     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0723-z     Document Type: Article

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