Inclusion of shielded Birkeland currents in a model magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A1, 1998, Pages 151-163

  Peroomian, Vahé ^a,c   Lyons, Larry R ^a,d   Schulz, Michael ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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