Morphology of the ring current derived from magnetic field observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1267-1295

  Le, G ^a   Russell, C T ^b   Takahashi, K ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (current systems; storms and substorms; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442476130     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1267-2004     Document Type: Article

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