Understanding storm-time ring current development through data-model comparisons of a moderate storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Jichun ^a,b   Liemohn, Michael W ^a   De Zeeuw, Darren L ^a   Borovsky, Joseph E ^c   Ridley, Aaron J ^a   Toth, Gabor ^a   Sazykin, Stanislav ^b   Thomsen, Michelle F ^c   Kozyra, Janet U ^a   Gombosi, Tamas I ^a   Wolf, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34250205528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JAO11846     Document Type: Article

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