Typical auroral substorm: A bifurcated oval

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gjerloev, J W ^a,d   Hoffman, R A ^b   Sigwarth, J B ^b   Frank, L A ^c   Baker, J B H ^a,d  

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

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44349165035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012431     Document Type: Article

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