Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Thorne, R M ^a   O'Brien, T P ^b   Shprits, Y Y ^a   Summers, D ^c   Horne, R B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747201040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010882     Document Type: Article

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