On the Determination of a Moving MHD Structure: Minimization of the Residue of Integrated Faraday's Equation

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 48, Issue 42496, 1996, Pages 603-614

  Terasawa, T ^a   Kawano, H ^a,f   Shinohara, I ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Hoshino, M ^b   Nishida, A ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b   Machida, S ^c   Nagai, T ^d   Kokubun, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33747913592     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.603     Document Type: Article

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