Ring current modeling in a realistic magnetic field configuration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1775-1778

  Fok, M C ^a,b   Moore, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

CROSS PRODUCT; DIPOLARIZATION; DIPOLE MAGNETIC FIELDS; KINETIC MODELING; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; PARTICLE DRIFTS; SUBSTORM EXPANSION; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS;

BOUNCE AVERAGED DRIFT; DIPOLARIZATION; DIPOLE LIKE CONFIGURATION; EULER POTENTIALS; RING CURRENT; RING CURRENT ION FLUX;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0031177803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01255     Document Type: Article

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