Investigating radiation belt losses though numerical modelling of precipitating fluxes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3657-3667

  Rodger, C J ^a   Nunn, D ^b   Clilverd, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionization mechanisms); Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, precipitating; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 10644256456     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3657-2004     Document Type: Article

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