Can substorms produce relativistic outer belt electrons?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7721-7735

  Kim, Hee Jeong ^a,c   Chan, Anthony A ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Birn, Joachim ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449106684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900465     Document Type: Article

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