Plasma depletion layer: Event studies with a global model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Y L ^a,c   Raeder, J ^a,c   Russell, C T ^a,c   Phan, T D ^b   Manapat, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depletion; Layer; MHD; PDL; Plasma; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942493688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009281     Document Type: Article

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