Conjugate high-intensity energetic electron precipitation at high latitude

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1443-1455

  Christensen, T ^a,b   Ostgaard N ^c   Rosenberg, T J ^d   Detrick, D L ^d   Germany, G A ^e   Stauning, P ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, precipitating; storms and substorms; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0041852843     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1443-2003     Document Type: Article

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