Modeling the inner magnetosphere: The asymmetric ring current and Region 2 Birkeland currents revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27739-27754

  Tsyganenko, N A ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 39449139594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000138     Document Type: Article

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