Ground disturbances of the ring, magnetopause, and tail currents on the day the solar wind almost disappeared

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25529-25540

  Jordanova, V K ^a   Farrugia, C J ^a   Fennell, J F ^b   Scudder, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449139855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000251     Document Type: Article

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