Bursty bulk flow intrusion to the inner plasma sheet as inferred from auroral observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Kauristie, K ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Amm, O ^a   Kubyshkina, M V ^b   Jussila, J ^c   Donovan, E ^d   Liou, K ^e,f  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral streamers; Bursty bulk flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947619596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009371     Document Type: Article

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