On the importance of interplanetary magnetic field By on polar cap patch formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Q H ^a   Zhang, B C ^a   Liu, R Y ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Lockwood, M ^b,c   Moen, J ^d   Yang, H G ^a   Hu, H Q ^a   Hu, Z J ^a   Liu, S L ^a   McCrea, I W ^b   Lester, M ^e  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957494844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016287     Document Type: Article

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