Statistical behavior of proton and electron auroras during substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A9, 2003, Pages

  Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Morsony, B J ^a   Immel, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral boundaries; Auroral imaging; Auroral substorms; Far ultraviolet aurora; Proton aurora; Superposed epoch analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744362496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009751     Document Type: Article

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