Contribution of convective transport to stormtime ring current electron injection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Liu, S ^a   Chen, M W ^b   Lyons, L R ^a   Korth, H ^c   Albert, J M ^d   Roeder, J L ^b   Anderson, P C ^b   Thomsen, M F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron loss; Electron transport; Magnetic storms; Particle drift trajectories; Ring current

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744387998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010004     Document Type: Article

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