Solar wind electric field driving of magnetospheric activity: Is it velocity or magnetic field?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Pulkkinen, Tuija I ^a   Goodrich, C C ^b   Lyon, J G ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETOTAIL ACTIVITY; POYNTING FLUX TRANSPORT;

SOLAR WIND;

CONVECTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; SOLAR WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 38549179447     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031011     Document Type: Article

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