Modeling the effects of radial diffusion and plasmaspheric hiss on outer radiation belt electrons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Lam, M M ^a   Horne, R B ^a   Meredith, N P ^a   Glauert, S A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MAGNETIC STORMS; PLASMASPHERE; RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELECTRON; PLASMA; RADIAL DIFFUSION; SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

EID: 37349091441     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031598     Document Type: Article

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