Acceleration mechanism responsible for the formation of the new radiation belt during the 2003 Halloween solar storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Shprits, Y Y ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Horne, R B ^b   Glauert, S A ^b   Cartwright, M ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Baker, D N ^c   Kanekal, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; RADIATION BELTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ENERGY DIFFUSION CODE; PLASMASPHERE; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON FLUX;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BELT; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; SOLAR RADIATION; STORM;

EID: 33646365063     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024256     Document Type: Article

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