Quantification of the spreading effect of auroral proton precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Fang, Xiaohua ^a   Liemohn, Michael W ^a   Kozyra, Janet U ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte carlo simulation; Proton aurora

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746323713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010119     Document Type: Article

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