Polar cusp and vicinity under strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field on April 11, 1997: Observations and MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21083-21093

  Le, G ^a,b   Raeder, J ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Lu, G ^c   Petrinec, S M ^d   Mozer, F S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449110692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900091     Document Type: Article

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