Effect of geomagnetic disturbances and solar wind density on relativistic electrons at geostationary orbit

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Lyatsky, Wladislaw ^a   Khazanov, George V ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 55849149092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013048     Document Type: Article

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