Open-closed field line boundary position: A parametric study using an MHD model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Kabin, K ^a   Rankin, R ^a   Rostoker, G ^a   Marchand, R ^a   Rae, I J ^a   Ridley, A J ^b   Gombosi, T I ^b   Clauer, C R ^b   DeZeeuw, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Global MHD modeling; Open closed field line boundary; Polar cap dependence on interplanetary conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749109331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010168     Document Type: Article

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