Auroral poleward boundary intensifications (PBIs): Their two-dimensional structure and associated dynamics in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Zesta, E ^a   Lyons, L ^a   Wang, C P ^a   Donovan, E ^b   Frey, H ^c   Nagai, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947621078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010640     Document Type: Article

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