Testing the importance of precipitation loss mechanisms in the inner radiation belt

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   McCormick, Robert J ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSMITTERS;

RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS; SPACE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURES;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 4143107894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019501     Document Type: Article

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