A model of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling for due northward IMF

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Song, P ^a   Gombosi, T I ^a   DeZeeuw, D L ^a   Powell, K G ^a   Groth, C P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0002490395     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(99)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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