Model study of ground magnetic signatures of traveling convection vortices

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A4, 1997, Pages 7449-7459

  Zhu, L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37149036256     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA03682     Document Type: Article

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