A critical condition in magnetotail pressure for leading to a substorm expansion onset: Geotail's observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Nakai, H ^a,c   Kamide, Y ^b  

^a Ibaraki High School   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Technical High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auroral phenomena; Current systems; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Magnetotail; Ring current; Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744405440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010070     Document Type: Article

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