Magnetospheric electric fields and plasma sheet injection to low L-shells during the 4-5 June 1991 magnetic storm: Comparison between the Rice Convection Model and observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Garner, T W ^a,f   Wolf, R A ^a   Spiro, R W ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Fejer, B G ^c   Sazykin, S ^a   Roeder, J L ^d   Hairston, M R ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Current systems; Electric fields; Inner magnetosphere; Numerical modeling; Plasma convection; Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749114317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010208     Document Type: Article

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