Transport of the plasma sheet electrons to the geostationary distances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-98

  Ganushkina, N Y ^a,b   Amariutei, O A ^a   Shprits, Y Y ^c   Liemohn, M W ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

seed population for radiation belts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878303726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017923     Document Type: Article

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