Magnetic effects of the substorm current wedge in a "spread-out wire" model and their comparison with ground, geosynchronous, and tail lobe data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Sergeev, V A ^a   Tsyganenko, N A ^a   Smirnov, M V ^a   Nikolaev, A V ^a   Singer, H J ^b   Baumjohann, W ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

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EID: 79960872226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016471     Document Type: Article

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