The substorm current wedge in MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3364-3376

  Birn, J ^a,c   Hesse, M ^b  

^a Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

current wedge; field aligned currents; substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882748447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50187     Document Type: Article

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