Magnetospheric configurations from a high-resolution data-based magnetic field model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Tsyganenko, N A ^a   Sitnov, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 34548328259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012260     Document Type: Article

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