Why are relativistic electrons persistently quiet at geosynchronous orbit in 2009?

Space Weather

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kataoka, Ryuho ^a   Miyoshi, Yoshizumi ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77956291645     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SW000571     Document Type: Article

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