Rapid scattering of radiation belt electrons by storm-time EMIC waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ukhorskiy, A Y ^a   Shprits, Y Y ^b   Anderson, B J ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Thorne, R M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON FLUX; ELECTRON LOSS; ELECTRON POPULATION; ENERGY RANGES; GYROFREQUENCIES; ION CYCLOTRONS; LOSS MECHANISMS; OUTER RADIATION BELT; PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING; RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME-SCALES; WAVE SPECTRA;

ELECTRONS; IONS; RADIATION BELTS; SCATTERING; STORMS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

BELT; EARTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SCATTERING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM; TIMESCALE; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 77952171351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042906     Document Type: Article

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