The tilt angle control of the outer cusp position

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Němeček, Zdeněk ^a   Měrka, Jan ^a   Šafránková, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CUSP-LIKE PLASMA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0034352569     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010699     Document Type: Article

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