Synthesis models of dayside field-aligned currents for strong interplanetary magnetic field by

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 101, Issue A6, 1996, Pages 13303-13319

  Watanabe, Masakazu ^a,c   Iijima, Takesi ^a   Rich, Frederick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 0005492006     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA00482     Document Type: Article

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