Eccentric dipole approximation of the geomagnetic field: Application to cosmic ray computations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Nevalainen, J ^a   Usoskin, I G ^a,b   Mishev, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Geomagnetic field; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; SHIELDING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CUT-OFF RIGIDITY; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DIPOLE MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM; REGIONAL SCALE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84878302639     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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