Interchange instability related to the azimuthal pressure gradient as a possible mechanism of substorm intensification

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 703-710

  Golovchanskaya, I V ^a   Maltsev, Yu P ^a   Kornilova, T A ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 11144271411     PISSN: 00167932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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