Creation of the substorm current wedge through the perturbation of the directly driven current system: A new model for substorm expansion

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2171-2182

  Rostoker, G ^a   Friedrich, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena; Current systems; Magnetotail; Storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 26844546948     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2171-2005     Document Type: Article

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