Substorms: A global instability of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A7, 1999, Pages 14601-14611

  Baker, D N ^a   Pulkkinen, T I ^b   Buchner J ^c   Klimas, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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