Radial diffusion modeling with empirical lifetimes: Comparison with CRRES observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1467-1471

  Shprits, Y Y ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Reeves, G D ^b   Friedel, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Energetic particles, trapped; solar wind magnetosphere interactions; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 23744476714     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1467-2005     Document Type: Article

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