Polar observations of transverse magnetic pulsations initiated at substorm onset in the high-latitude plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Toivanen, P K ^a,b   Baker, D N ^a   Peterson, W K ^a   Singer, H J ^c   Watermann, J ^d   Wygant, J R ^e   Russell, C T ^f   Kletzing, C A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Onset timing; Plasma sheet boundary; Polar spacecraft; Substorm onset signatures; Transverse pulsations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845747083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009141     Document Type: Article

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