Observations of relativistic electron precipitation from the radiation belts driven by EMIC wavesObservations of relativistic electron precipitation from the radiation belts driven by EMIC waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Raita, Tero ^b   Clilverd, Mark A ^c   Seppälä, Annika ^c   Dietrich, Sarah ^a   Thomson, Neil R ^a   Ulich, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

CASE STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; ION CYCLOTRONS; PLASMA PAUSES; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON PRECIPITATIONS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; MODELING; PLASMA;

EID: 56449118584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034804     Document Type: Article

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