Energy spectra of ∼170-360 keV electron microbursts measured by the Korean STSAT-1

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lee, J J ^a   Parks, G K ^a   Min, K W ^b   Kim, H J ^b   Park, J ^b   Hwang, J ^b   McCarthy, M P ^c   Lee, E ^a   Ryu, K S ^b   Lim, J T ^b   Sim, E S ^d   Lee, H W ^e   Kang, K I ^b   Park, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

^e Satrec Initiative Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON MICROBURSTS; MAGNETIC STORMS; RELATIVISTIC MICROBURSTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ELECTRON;

EID: 24944541356     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022996     Document Type: Article

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