Formation of dayside low-latitude boundary layer under northward interplanetary magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Lin, Y ^a   Wang, X Y ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER (LLBL); MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETOSHEATH IONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; FORMATION MECHANISM; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34248508840     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027736     Document Type: Article

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