Stormtime ring-current formation: A comparison between single-and double-dip model storms with similar transport characteristics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27755-27765

  Chen, Margaret W ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a,c   Schulz, Michael ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449115023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000440     Document Type: Review

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