Consequences of violation of frozen-in-flux: Evidence from OpenGGCM simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hu, B ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Yang, J ^a   Raeder, J ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 79960138389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016667     Document Type: Article

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