Evaluation of the Hill-Siscoe transpolar potential saturation model during a solar wind dynamic pressure pulse

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Boudouridis, A ^a   Zesta, E ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Anderson, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

2712 Magnetospheric Physics: Electric fields (2411); 2760 Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma convection; 2776 Magnetospheric Physics: Polar cap phenomena; 2784 Magnetospheric Phyiscs: Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLAR RADIATION; VISCOSITY;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS (DMSP); DYNAMIC PRESSURE ENHANCEMENTS; MAGNETOTAIL PROCESSES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

WIND POWER;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 16844363401     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021252     Document Type: Article

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