RCM-E simulation of substorm growth phase arc associated with large-scale adiabatic convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6017-6022

  Yang, Jian ^a   Wolf, Richard A ^a   Toffoletto, Frank R ^a   Sazykin, Stanislav ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

auroral arc; magnetospheric convection; substorm growth phase

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC CONVECTION; AURORAL ARCS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION; SUBSTORM GROWTH PHASE;

MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AURORA; CONVECTION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; STORM;

EID: 84889055924     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058253     Document Type: Article

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