Evolution of the magnetotail associated with substorm auroral breakups

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A9, 2003, Pages

  Miyashita, Y ^a,b   Machida, S ^c   Liou, K ^d   Mukai, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Hayakawa, H ^b   Meng, C I ^d   Parks, G K ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral breakup; Dipolarization; GEOTAIL; Plasmoid; Polar UVI; Substorm onset

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844561345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009939     Document Type: Article

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