Response of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system to a sudden southward turning of interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yu, Yiqun ^a   Ridley, Aaron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 67649088307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013292     Document Type: Article

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