SWMF simulation of field-aligned currents for a varying northward and duskward IMF with nonzero dipole tilt

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1461-1477

  Wang, H ^a,c   Ridley, A J ^a   Luhr H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 45149116226     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1461-2008     Document Type: Article

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