Physics of substorm growth phase, onset, and dipolarization

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 207-270

  Cheng, C Z ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PROTON;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DISASTER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CURVE; KINETICS; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 4644307442     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000042943.59976.0e     Document Type: Review

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