Counter equatorial electrojet and overshielding after substorm onset: Global MHD simulation study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 7281-7296

  Ebihara, Y ^a   Tanaka, T ^b   Kikuchi, T ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

counter electrojet; inner magnetosphere; MHD simulation; overshielding; subauroral ion drift (SAID); substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925266854     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020065     Document Type: Article

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