Interplanetary shock triggering of nightside geomagnetic activity: Substorms, pseudobreakups, and quiescent events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18957-18967

  Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a   Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449129929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003028     Document Type: Article

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