A physics-based study of the Dst-AL relationship

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A1, 2002, Pages

  Shen, Chao ^a,c   Liu, Zhenxing ^a,c   Kamei, Toyohisa ^b  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

2736 magnetospheric physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; 2778 magnetospheric physics: Ring current; 2788 magnetospheric physics: Storms and substorms; 7807 space plasma physics: Charged particle motion and acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037764617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900121     Document Type: Article

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