Independency of the dayside field-aligned current system: A restriction to cusp models

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 245-252

  Yamauchi, M ^a   Lundin, R ^a   Eliasson, L ^a   Ohtani, S ^b   Lindqvist, P A ^c   Lepping, R P ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0005852945     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0245     Document Type: Chapter

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