Magnetic storm ring current injection modeled with the Rice Convection Model and a self-consistent magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Lemon, Colby ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Hill, T W ^a   Sazykin, S ^a   Spiro, R W ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Birn, J ^b   Hesse, M ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2760 Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma convection; 2764 Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma sheet; 2778 Magnetospheric Physics: Ring current; 2788 Magnetospheric Physics: Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK; HEAT CONVECTION; INJECTION MOLDING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA SHEATHS; ALPHA PARTICLES; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM;

ADIABATIC CONVECTION; PLASMA TRANSPORT; SPECIFIC ENTROPY;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ADIABATIC CONVECTION; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE PRESSURE; PRESSURE DEPLETION; RICE CONVECTION MODELS; STRONG CONVECTIONS; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

EID: 13244295642     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020914     Document Type: Article

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