Occurrence rate of earthward-propagating dipolarization fronts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Fu, H S ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y V ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Andre M ^a   Huang, S Y ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUX;

CURRENT SHEETS; DIPOLARIZATION; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT FUNCTION; RATE INCREASE; SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; FRONT; SIMULATION; STORM SURGE;

EID: 84861676233     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051784     Document Type: Article

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