Polar patches generated by solar wind Alfvén wave coupling to the dayside magnetosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1777-1780

  Prikryl, P ^a   MacDougall, J W ^b   Grant, I F ^b,c   Steele, D P ^d   Sofko, G J ^d   Greenwald, R A ^e  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0008601430     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00390-7     Document Type: Article

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