Magnetotail response to prolonged southward IMF Bz intervals: Loading, unloading, and continuous magnetospheric dissipation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Tanskanen, E I ^a   Slavin, J A ^a   Fairfield, D H ^a   Sibeck, D G ^a   Gjerloev, J ^b,e   Mukai, T ^c   Ieda, A ^c   Nagai, T ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33646450931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010561     Document Type: Review

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