Storm time distributions of diffuse auroral electron energy and X-ray flux: Comparison of drift-loss simulations with observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Margaret W ^a   Schulz, Michael ^b   Anderson, Phillip C ^a,c   Lu, Gang ^d   Germany, G ^e   Wüest, Martin ^f,g  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INFICON Limited   (Liechtenstein)

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EID: 33645817554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010725     Document Type: Article

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