Large-scale current systems and ground magnetic disturbance during deep substorm injections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yang, J ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Sazykin, S ^a   Ontiveros, P A ^a,b   Weygand, J M ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84878296259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017415     Document Type: Article

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