Relation of substorm onset to Harang discontinuity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Weygand, James M ^a   McPherron, R L ^a   Frey, H U ^b,c   Amm, O ^c,d   Kauristie, K ^c,d   Viljanen, A ^c,d   Koistinen, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Space Physics Program Meteorological Institute ^*  (Finland)

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EID: 46749109184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012537     Document Type: Article

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