Latitude distribution of vertically precipitating energetic neutral atoms observed at low altitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Sørbø, Marita ^a   Soraas F ^a   Aarsnes, K ^a   Oksavik, K ^b   Evans, D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GEOMAGNETISM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; ISOTROPIC RING CURRENT; LATITUDE DISTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 33646474597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025240     Document Type: Article

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