Azimuthally asymmetric ring current as a function of Dst and solar wind conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2989-2996

  Maltsev, Y P ^a   Ostapenko, A A ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (current systems; solar wind magnetosphere interactions; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 6044256176     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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