Buildup of the ring current during periodic loading-unloading cycles in the magnetotail driven by steady southward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Taktakishvili, A ^a   Kuznetsova, M M ^a   Hesse, M ^a   Fok, M C ^a   Rastatter L ^a   Maddox, M ^a   Chulaki, A ^a   Gombosi, T I ^b   De Zeeuw, D L ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 36148959345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012317     Document Type: Article

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