Dynamics of global scale electron and proton precipitation induced by a solar wind pressure pulse

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Meurant, M ^a   Gerard J C ^a   Hubert, B ^a   Coumans, V ^a   Blockx, C ^a   Otgaard N ^b   Mende, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTONS; SOLAR ENERGY; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

PROTON PRECIPITATION; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; DIFFERENT SPEED; ELECTRON MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL SCALE; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; PROTON AURORA; SOLAR WIND PRESSURE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

WIND POWER; ELECTRONS;

AURORA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1242345140     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018017     Document Type: Article

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