Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of transient transpolar potential responses to solar wind density changes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Ober, D M ^a,c   Wilson, G R ^a,b   Burke, W J ^a,c   Maynard, N C ^d   Siebert, K D ^e  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Sparta ^*  (United States)

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EID: 37249090247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012169     Document Type: Article

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