Simulation of the March 9, 1995, substorm: Auroral brightening and the onset of lobe reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3039-3042

  Lyon, J G ^a   Lopez, R E ^b   Goodrich, C C ^b   Wiltberger, M ^b   Papadopoulos, K ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

SOLAR WIND; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY;

GEOMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EXPANSION PHASE; GLOBAL MHD SIMULATION; NEAR-EARTH; RAREFACTION WAVES; RECONNECTION RATE; SOLAR WIND DATA; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY; SUBSTORMS;

EID: 0032135986     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00662     Document Type: Article

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