On the relationship between bursty flows, current disruption and substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2841-2844

  Angelopoulos, V ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Tsuruda, K ^b   Kokubun, S ^c   Hughes, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS;

BURSTY BULK FLOW; CURRENT DISRUPTION; DIPOLARIZATION; ENERGY TRANSPORT; LOW-TO-HIGH; NEAR-EARTH; SUBSTORM EXPANSION; SUBSTORMS;

EARTH SCIENCES; RADIATION BELTS;

AURORAL SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033568890     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900601     Document Type: Article

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