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spellingShingle Reeves, G. D., McAdams, K. L., Friedel, R. H. W., O'Brien, T. P., Geophysical Research Letters, Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
title Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_full Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_fullStr Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_full_unstemmed Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_short Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_sort acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
title_unstemmed Acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002gl016513