Numerical simulation of the combined system of nighttime region 0, region 1, and region 2 field-aligned currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Yamamoto, T ^a   Inoue, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field aligned current; Nonadiabatic accelereation; Numerical simulation; Plasma sheet; Region 1 current; Region 2 current

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747163560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010272     Document Type: Article

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