Comparison of the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons derived from ground-based and DMSP satellite data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-145

  Ashrafi, M ^a   Kosch, M J ^a   Honary, F ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (particle precipitation; ionosphere magnetosphere interaction; auroral ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

MAXWELLIA;

EID: 15544388234     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-135-2005     Document Type: Article

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