Large, abrupt pressure decreases as a substorm onset trigger

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Liou, Kan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; ULTRAVIOLET INSTRUMENTS;

GLOBAL AURORAL IMAGES; OPEN MAGNETIC FLUX; SUBSTORM EXPANSION;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34548585435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029909     Document Type: Article

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