Energetic particle injections to geostationary orbit: Relationship to flow bursts and magnetospheric state

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sergeev, V A ^a   Chernyaev, I A ^a   Dubyagin, S V ^a,b   Miyashita, Y ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Boakes, P D ^e   Nakamura, R ^e   Henderson, M G ^f  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84867507358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017773     Document Type: Article

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