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Li et al. 1998
Li, X., Baker, D.N., Temerin, M., Cayton, T., Reeves, G.D., Araki, T., Singer, H., Larson, D., Lin, R.P. and Kanekal, S.G. (1998). Energetic electron injections into the inner magnetosphere during the Jan. 10–11, 1997 magnetic storm. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL00036. issn: 0094-8276.

At the end of the main phase of the Jan. 10--11, 1997 magnetic storm, a rapid enhancement of 0.4--1.6 MeV electrons across L=4.2--6 was measured by particle detectors on the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) and three Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. This enhancement, over two orders of magnitude at L=4.2--5, occurred around 11:00 UT on Jan. 10, when the AE index reached ~2000 nT and when a solar wind pressure pulse arrived. Using data from multiple satellites and ground stations, we determine that the rapid enhancement of 0.4--1.6 MeV electrons in the magnetosphere at L=4.2--6 was due to a combination of intense substorm activity during the early part of the magnetic storm which produced a source population and the following pressure pulse which quickly energized some of these electrons by moving them into stronger magnetic field. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—inner
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Geophysical Research Letters
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