The radial gradient of relativistic electrons at geosynchronous orbit

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Onsager, T G ^a   Chan, A A ^b,c   Fei, Y ^b,c   Elkington, S R ^b   Green, J C ^a,b   Singer, H J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron; Magnetosphere; Phase space density; Radiation; Radiation belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244262622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010368     Document Type: Article

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