Storm-time distortion of the inner magnetosphere: How severe can it get?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Tsyganenko, N A ^a   Singer, H J ^b   Kasper, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical modeling; Field line deformation; Geomagnetic field; Inner magnetosphere; Partial nng current; Space storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905345349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009808     Document Type: Article

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