Model study of ionospheric dynamics during a substorm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A7, 2000, Pages 15807-15822

  Zhu, L ^a   Schunk, R W ^a   Sojka, J J ^a   David, M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449114207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000352     Document Type: Article

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