Initial results from a dynamic coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-ring current model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pembroke, Asher ^a   Toffoletto, Frank ^a   Sazykin, Stanislav ^a   Wiltberger, Michael ^b   Lyon, John ^c   Merkin, Viacheslav ^d   Schmitt, Peter ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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

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EID: 84857818546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016979     Document Type: Article

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