ON THE LOCAL-TIME DEPENDENCE OF OUTER RADIATION ZONE ELECTRON (E > 1.6 MEV) INTENSITIES NEAR THE MAGNETIC EQUATOR

Abstract

A study of approximately 10 months of Explorer 14 observations of energetic electrons (E > 1.6 MeV) in the outer radiation zone near the geomagnetic equator shows that if the omnidirectional intensity measurements are organized in a B-L system based upon surface measurements of the geomagnetic field, a large local-time dependence of intensities on a given L-shell is observed beyond L approximately equal to 6.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0464254

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  • Louis A. Frank

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  • University of Iowa

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