Flux variations of high-energy electrons and protons in the stratosphere and at a height of 500 KM
Abstract
Cosmos-900 Cerenkov-detector measurements of flux variations of electrons with energies greater than 15 MeV and protons with energies greater than 400 MeV at a height of about 500 km are analyzed. The satellite measurements are compared with analogous ballon measurements carried out in the midlatitude stratopshere, and it is concluded that that the explanation of the observed stratospheric variations as due to the precipitation of high-energy particles from the inner radiation belt is implausible.
- Publication:
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Pub Date:
- December 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990Ge&Ae..30.1039G
- Keywords:
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- Cerenkov Counters;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Protons;
- Stratosphere Radiation;
- Balloon Sounding;
- Energetic Particles;
- Midlatitude Atmosphere;
- Radiation Belts;
- Satellite Observation