An extreme distortion of the Van Allen belt arising from the 'Hallowe'en' solar storm in 2003

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7019, 2004, Pages 878-881

  Baker, D N ^a   Kanekal, S G ^a   Li, X ^a   Monk, S P ^a   Goldstein, J ^b   Burch, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRONS; RADIATION BELTS; SPACECRAFT;

MAGNETOSPHERES; PARTICLE RADIATION; PLASMASPHERES; VAN ALLEN BELT;

STORMS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; AUTUMN; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPRING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 11144251632     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03116     Document Type: Article

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