Comparison of Earth's magnetospheric magnetic field models in the context of cosmic ray physics

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-87

  Desorgher, Laurent ^a,b   Kudela, Karel ^c   Flückiger, Erwin O ^a   Bütikofer, Rolf ^a   Storini, Marisa ^d   Kalegaev, Vladimir ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SpaceIT GmbH ^*  (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^d INAF   (Italy)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Ground level enhancement; Magnetic storms; Magnetosphere; Space weather

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MODELS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; RIGIDITY; STORMS;

ASYMPTOTIC DIRECTIONS; CUTOFF RIGIDITIES; GROUND LEVEL ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC STORMS; MAGNETOPAUSE CURRENTS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CURRENT SYSTEMS; MAGNETOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION DOSES; RING CURRENTS; SPACE WEATHER; TAIL CURRENTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RAY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELING;

EID: 58049206761     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0065-3     Document Type: Article

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