The importance of atmospheric precipitation in storm-time relativistic electron flux drop outs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^b   Ulich, Thomas ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; ELECTRON FLUX DROP; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ELECTRON FLUX; GROUND-BASED RADIO PROPAGATION; LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATION;

METEOROLOGY;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33644615070     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024661     Document Type: Article

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