On the ionospheric and reconnection potentials of the earth: Results from global MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Y Q ^a   Guo, X C ^b   Wang, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 34548587353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012145     Document Type: Article

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