Does the braking of the fast plasma flow trigger a substorm?: A study of the August 14, 1996, event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a   Yamaguchi, R ^b   Kawano, H ^b   Creutzberg, F ^c   Sigwarth, J B ^d   Frank, L A ^d   Mukai, T ^e  

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

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Keometrics   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS;

DIPOLARIZATION; GEOTAIL; SUBSTORMS; TAIL CURRENTS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 0036705279     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013785     Document Type: Article

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