Near-Earth magnetic signature of magnetospheric substorms and an improved substorm current model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2781-2793

  Ritter, P ^a   Luhr H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 52249099707     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2781-2008     Document Type: Article

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