Long-term-average, solar cycle, and seasonal response of magnetospheric energetic electrons to the solar wind speed

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Vassiliadis, D ^a   Klimas, A J ^b   Kanekal, S G ^c   Baker, D N ^c   Weigel, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner magnetosphere; Magnetic storms; Radiation belts; Relativistic electrons; Seasonal variability; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142309972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000506     Document Type: Article

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