Dynamic relationship between the outer radiation belt and the plasmapause during March-May 2001

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Goldstein, J ^a   Kanekal, S G ^b   Baker, D N ^b   Sandel, B R ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIATION BELTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DYNAMIC SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP; PLASMAPAUSE; PLASMASPHERE;

GEOMAGNETISM;

PLASMA;

EID: 25844474325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023431     Document Type: Article

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