Substorm injection modeling with nondipolar, time-dependent background field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Zaharia, Sorin ^a   Birn, J ^a   Friedel, R H W ^a   Reeves, G D ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Cheng, C Z ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipolarization; Dispersionless injections; Particle acceleration; Propagating pulse; Space weather; Substorm injections

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047154422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010464     Document Type: Article

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