Pairs of solar wind-magnetosphere coupling functions: Combining a merging term with a viscous term works best

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Newell, P T ^a,c   Sotirelis, T ^a,c   Liou, K ^a,c   Rich, F J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46749104697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012825     Document Type: Article

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