Statistical study of effect of solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements on dawn-to-dusk ring current asymmetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Shi, Y ^a   Zesta, E ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Yumoto, K ^b   Kitamura, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947608223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011532     Document Type: Article

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