Modeling ionospheric outflows and their impact on the magnetosphere, initial results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Glocer, A ^a   Toth G ^b   Gombosi, T ^b   Welling, D ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 68749119799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014053     Document Type: Article

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