Modeling of solar wind control of the ring current buildup: A case study of the magnetic storms in April 1997

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3751-3754

  Ebihara, Y ^a   Ejiri, M ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PROTONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM;

BIOT-SAVART INTEGRAL EQUATION; MAGNETIC STORMS; SOLAR WIND; VOLLAND-STERN CONVECTION FIELD; A-PARTICLES; DIPOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGETIC PROTONS; NUMBER DENSITY; RING CURRENTS; SOLAR WIND DENSITY; TIME DEPENDENT;

SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032532912     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900006     Document Type: Article

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