Modeling the deep penetration of outer belt electrons during the "Halloween" magnetic storm in 2003

Space Weather

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Li, Xinlin ^a,b   Barker, A B ^a   Baker, D N ^a   Tu, W C ^a   Sarris, T E ^a   Selesnick, R S ^c   Friedel, R ^d   Shen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 70350162244     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000418     Document Type: Article

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