Dynamical response of the magnetotail to changes of the solar wind direction: An MHD modeling perspective

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2395-2402

  Sergeev, V A ^a   Tsyganenko, N A ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EQUILIBRIUM; MAGNETOTAIL; SOLAR WIND; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 49149097061     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2395-2008     Document Type: Article

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