Computing magnetospheric force equilibria

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Lemon, Colby ^a   Toffoletto, Frank ^a   Hesse, Michael ^b   Birn, Joachim ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Force; Magnetohydrodynamics; Magnetosphere; MHD; Tsyganenko

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244265225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009702     Document Type: Article

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