Interplanetary magnetic field control of the location of substorm onset and auroral features in the conjugate hemispheres

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A7, 2004, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Immel, T J ^a   Frank, L A ^b   Sigwarth, J B ^b   Stubbs, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Aurora; Conjugate; IMF; Nightside reconnection; Substorm onset

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444497480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010370     Document Type: Article

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