A substorm model with onset location tied to an auroral arc

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1269-1272

  Lui, A T Y ^a   Murphree, J S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CROSS-TAIL CURRENTS; CURRENT DISRUPTION; CURRENT REDUCTION; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; FIELD LINE RESONANCES; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL; SUBSTORM GROWTH PHASE; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS;

RESONANCE; GEOMAGNETISM;

AURORAL ARC; CROSS FIELD CURRENT INSTABILITY (CCI); FIELD LINE RESONANCE (FLR); SUBSTORM MODEL;

EID: 0032050246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00758     Document Type: Article

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