Numerical experiments on the inner magnetospheric electric field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Garner, T W ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner magnetospheric electric fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143125795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010039     Document Type: Article

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