Equinoctial and solstitial averages of magnetospheric relativistic electrons: A strong semiannual modulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3193-3196

  Baker, D N ^a   Kanekal, S G ^b   Pulkkinen, T I ^b   Blake, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULATION;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS (IMF);

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033569028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003638     Document Type: Article

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