Global substorm cycle: What can the models tell us?

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-37

  Pulkkinen, Tuija I ^a   Baker, Daniel N ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral phenomena; Current systems; Magnetospheric dynamics; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Substorms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; STORMS;

AURORAL PHENOMENA; MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA SHEET; SOLAR WIND; SUBSTORMS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0030646623     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006562202290     Document Type: Article

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