Solar wind driving and substorm triggering

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Newell, Patrick T ^a   Liou, Kan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79953690847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016139     Document Type: Article

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