High energy electron observation by polar patrol balloon flight in Antarctica

Advances in Polar Upper Atmosphere Research

Volumn , Issue 20, 2006, Pages 52-62

  Torii, Shoji ^a   Tamura, Tadahisa ^b   Yoshida, Kenji ^b   Kitamura, Hisashi ^c   Yamagami, Takamasa ^d   Murakami, Hiroyuki ^e   Tateyama, Nobuhito ^b   Nishimura, Jun ^d   Saito, Yoshitaka ^d   Ohta, Shigeo ^d   Namiki, Michiyoshi ^d   Matsuzaka, Yukihiko ^d   Iijima, Issei ^d   Ejiri, Masaki ^f   Yamagishi, Hisao ^f   Kadokura, Akira ^f   Shibata, Makio ^g   Katayose, Yusaku ^g   Kasahara, Katsuaki ^h   Mizutani, Kohei ⁱ   Kobayashi, Tadashi ^j   Komori, Yoshiko ^k   Yuda, Toshinori ^l   Chang, Jin ^m   more..

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^g YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^m CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

Antarctica; Balloon observation; Cosmic ray; High energy electron

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749578878     PISSN: 13451065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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