Comparison of observed and model magnetic fields at high altitudes above the polar cap: POLAR initial results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1451-1454

  Zhou, X W ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Le, G ^a   Tsyganenko, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT; CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

FIELD LINES; MAGNETOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL INPUTS; POLAR CAP; POLAR CUSP; POLAR ORBITING SPACECRAFTS; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

ORBITS; GEOMAGNETISM;

POLAR CAP;

EID: 0031163885     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01406     Document Type: Article

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