Evaluation of energetic particle parameters in the near-Earth magnetotail derived from flux asymmetry observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-291

  Pu, Z Y ^a,b   Friedel, R H W ^a   Korth, A ^a   Zong, Q G ^a   Chen, Z X ^b   Roux, A ^c   Perraut, S ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Energetic particles; Flux asymmetry; GEOS 2; Net flux intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397608     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0283-7     Document Type: Article

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