Multistage substorm expansion: Auroral dynamics in relation to plasma sheet particle injection, precipitation, and plasma convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Sandholt, Per Even ^a   Farrugia, Charles J ^b   Lester, Mark ^c   Cowley, Stan ^c   Milan, Steve ^c   Denig, William F ^d   Lybekk, Bjoørn ^a   Trondsen, Espen ^a   Vorobjev, Vjacheslav ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aurora; Bursty bulk flows (BBFs); Plasma convection; Plasma sheet injections; Poleward boundary intensifications (PBIs); Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141914198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900116     Document Type: Article

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