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Van Allen radiation belt magnetosheath magnetospheric convection magnetopause field-aligned current system magnetotail current magnetospheric substorm plasmapause Chapman-Ferraro current system geomagnetic field protonosphere F region D region E region polar wandering geomagnetic storm electrojet

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