Time-varying magnetotail magnetic flux calculation: A test of the method

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1583-1591

  Shukhtina, M A ^a   Gordeev, E I ^a   Sergeev, V A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Solar wind Magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; MODELING; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 76149130995     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1583-2009     Document Type: Article

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