An improved method to deduce the unloading component for magnetospheric substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 13131-13140

  Sun, W ^a   Xu, W Y ^b   Akasofu, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 39449135256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja000408     Document Type: Article

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