Model of the energization of outer-zone electrons by whistler-mode chorus during the October 9, 1990 geomagnetic storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Summers, D ^a   Ma, C ^b   Meredith, N P ^c   Horne, R B ^d   Thorne, R M ^e   Heynderickx, D ^f   Anderson, R R ^g  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIATION EFFECTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS;

ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; MODEL KINETIC EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC ACCELERATION; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY; WHISTLER-MODE CHORUS; WHISTLER-MODE WAVES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

EID: 0038404906     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016039     Document Type: Article

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