Local time and interplanetary magnetic field By dependence of field-aligned currents at high altitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A2, 2000, Pages 2533-2539

  Zhou, X W ^a,b   Russell, C T ^a,b   Le, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449087631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900457     Document Type: Article

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