Tutorial on geomagnetic storms and substorms

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1854-1866

  Lui, Anthony T Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY;

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0034460936     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902214     Document Type: Article

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