Substorm onset viewed by a two-dimensional, global-scale hybrid code

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 683-704

  Swift, Daniel W ^a   Lin, Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetosphere; Substorm onset; Two dimensional hybrid code

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013392966     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00188-7     Document Type: Article

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