Lightning driven inner radiation belt energy deposition into the atmosphere: Regional and global estimates

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3419-3430

  Rodger, C J ^a   Clilverd, M A ^b   Thomson, N R ^a   Nunn, D ^c   Lichtenberger, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Active experiments); Magnetospheric physics (Energetic particles; Precipitating; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 30844460576     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3419-2005     Document Type: Article

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