Phase transition-like behavior of the magnetosphere during substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 12955-12974

  Sitnov, M I ^a,b   Sharma, A S ^a   Papadopoulos, K ^a   Vassiliadis, D ^c   Valdivia, J A ^c,d   Klimas, A J ^e   Baker, D N ^f  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 39449097486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000279     Document Type: Article

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