Rice Convection Model simulation of the substorm-associated injection of an observed plasma bubble into the inner magnetosphere: 2. Simulation results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, J C ^a,b   Wolf, R A ^a   Spiro, R W ^a   Erickson, G M ^c   Sazykin, S ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Yang, J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72649096156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014131     Document Type: Article

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