Effect of solar wind density on relativistic electrons at geosynchronous orbit

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lyatsky, Wladislaw ^a   Khazanov, George V ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ORBITS;

ELECTRON FLUXES; GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS;

SOLAR WIND;

CORRELATION; ELECTRON; EOS; GOES; SOLAR WIND; SYNCHRONY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 41849129266     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032524     Document Type: Article

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