Radial gradients of phase space density of the outer radiation belt electrons prior to sudden solar wind pressure enhancements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Turner, Drew Lawson ^a,b   Li, Xinlin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHASE SPACE METHODS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RADIATION BELTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ADIABATIC INVARIANTS; BEFORE AND AFTER; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERES; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; HIGH ENERGIES; OUTER RADIATION BELTS; PARTICLE FLUXES; PHASE SPACES; RADIAL DISTANCES; RADIAL GRADIENTS; SOLAR WIND PRESSURES; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

ATOMS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; ENERGY FLOW; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 57849129971     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034866     Document Type: Article

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