The influence of wave-particle interactions on relativistic electron dynamics during storms

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-112

  Thorne, Richard M ^a,e   Home, Richard B ^b   Glauert, Sarah ^b   Meredith, Nigel P ^c   Shprits, Yuri Y ^a   Summers, Danny ^d   Anderson, Roger R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 68749108695     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/159GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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