Magnetospheric convection during intermediate driving: Sawtooth events and steady convection intervals as seen in Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry global MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Goodrich, C C ^a   Pulkkinen, T I ^b,c   Lyon, J G ^d   Merkin, V G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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EID: 35348997496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012155     Document Type: Article

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