The solar-wind driven magnetosphere-ionosphere as a complex dynamical system

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4178-4184

  Horton, W ^a   Smith, J P ^a   Weigel, R ^a   Crabtree, C ^a   Doxas, I ^b   Goode, B ^b   Cary, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0141896914     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873683     Document Type: Article

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