Modulation of Jupiter's plasma flow, polar currents, and auroral precipitation by solar wind-induced compressions and expansions of the magnetosphere: A simple theoretical model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1433-1463

  Cowley, S W H ^a   Nichols, J D ^b   Andrews, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELING; PLASMA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR WIND; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34547315175     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1433-2007     Document Type: Article

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