Temporal variations of strength and location of the South Atlantic Anomaly as measured by RXTE

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 125-133

  Fürst, Felix ^a   Wilms, Jörn ^a   Rothschild, Richard E ^b   Pottschmidt, Katja ^b,c,d   Smith, David M ^e   Lingenfelter, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

radiation monitors; Rossi X ray Timing Explorer; South Atlantic Anomaly; space radiation environment

Indexed keywords

DRIFT RATES; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC JERKS; HIGH-ENERGY X-RAYS; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIO FLUXES; ROSSI X-RAY TIMING EXPLORER; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALY; SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TIME INTERVALS;

GEOMAGNETISM; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NASA; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HEATING; MONITORING; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 64549147925     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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