On the reconstruction of magnetospheric plasma pressure distributions from empirical geomagnetic field models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Tsyganenko, N A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77955644607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015012     Document Type: Article

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