Modeling the inner plasma sheet protons and magnetic field under enhanced convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Chih Ping ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a   Chen, Margaret W ^b   Wolf, Richard A ^c   Toffoletto, Frank R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Pressure; Proton; Proton density; Proton temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346554445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009620     Document Type: Article

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