Energy and pitch-angle dispersions of LLBL/cusp ions seen at middle altitudes: Predictions by the open magnetosphere model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1501-1514

  Lockwood, M ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cusp regions; Low latitude boundary layer; Mid altitudes; Open magnetosphere model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642281276     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1501-4     Document Type: Article

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