Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^b   Seäpplä, Annika ^b   Thomson, Neil R ^a   Gamble, Rory J ^a   Parrot, Michel ^c   Sauvaud, Jean André ^d   Ulich, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratoire de LEnvironnement et de LEspace   (France)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 78649502826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015599     Document Type: Article

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