Relation of auroral substorm onset to local AL index and dispersionless particle injections

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2336-2345

  Weygand, James M ^a   McPherron, R L ^a   Kauristie, K ^b   Frey, H U ^c   Hsu, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AL index; Dispersionless injections; Substorm; Timing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PROTONS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

AL INDEX; AURORAL IMAGES; CURRENT WEDGES; DISPERSIONLESS; DISPERSIONLESS INJECTIONS; IONOSPHERIC CURRENTS; PARTICLE INJECTIONS; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORM ONSETS; SUBSTORMS; TIMING;

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56549090635     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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