Comparison of three magnetopause prediction models under extreme solar wind conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A1, 2002, Pages

  Yang, Y H ^a   Chao, J K ^a   Lin, C H ^a,b   Shue, J H ^c   Wang, X Y ^d   Song, P ^e   Russell, C T ^f   Lepping, R P ^g   Lazarus, A J ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

2722 magnetospheric physics: Forecasting; 2724 magnetospheric physics: Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942472729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000079     Document Type: Article

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