Interaction of dipolarization fronts within multiple bursty bulk flows in global MHD simulations of a substorm on 27 February 2009

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ge, Y S ^a   Raeder, J ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^b   Gilson, M L ^a   Runov, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79551643503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015758     Document Type: Article

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