Student interpretations of 2-D and 3-D renderings of the substorm current wedge

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 15-16 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1509-1517

  Lopez, R E ^a,b   Hamed, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Education; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STORMS; STUDENTS;

MAGNETIC PERTURBATIONS; SPACE PHYSICS; SUBSTORM CURRENT WEDGES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 7244238305     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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