Midday magnetopause shifts earthward of geosynchronous orbit during geomagnetic superstorms with Dst <-300 nT

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Li, H ^a,b   Wang, C ^a   Kan, J R ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 77956336393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014612     Document Type: Article

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