Storm-time field-aligned currents on the nightside inferred from ground-based magnetic data at midlatitudes: Relationships with the interplanetary magnetic field and substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Nakano, S ^a,b   Iyemori, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

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EID: 33746327752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010737     Document Type: Article

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