Determination of substorm onset timing and location using the THEMIS ground based observatories

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Mende, S B ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Harris, S ^a   Donovan, E ^b   Jackel, B ^b   Syrjaesuo, M ^b   Russell, C T ^c   Mann, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NASA;

GROUND BASED OBSERVATORIES; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORM SIGNATURES;

STORMS;

AURORA; ELECTROJET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 35948975723     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030850     Document Type: Article

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