Simulation study on fundamental properties of the storm-time ring current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A7, 2000, Pages 15843-15859

  Ebihara, Yusuke ^a   Ejiri, Masaki ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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