Magnetotail currents during the growth phase and local auroral breakup

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 81-89

  Pulkkinen, T I ^a,c   Kubyshkina, M V ^b,d   Baker, D N ^c,e   Cogger, L L ^b,d   Kokubun, S ^e,f   Mukai, T ^a,f   Singer, H J ^g   Slavin, J A ^h   Zelenyi, L ⁱ  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 2042427879     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0081     Document Type: Chapter

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