Global and local equatorward expansion of the ion auroral oval before substorm onsets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A5, 2005, Pages

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   Donovan, E F ^b   MacDougall, J W ^a   Moorcroft, D R ^a   Liou, K ^c,e   Newell, P T ^c,e   St Maurice, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33747129972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010837     Document Type: Article

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