Intensification of preexisting auroral arc at substorm expansion phase onset: Wave-like disruption during the first tens of seconds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Liang, Jun ^a   Donovan, E F ^b   Liu, W W ^a   Jackel, B ^b   Syrjasuo M ^c   Mende, S B ^d   Frey, H U ^d   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Connors, M ^e  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA THEORY;

ALL SKIES; AURORAL ARCS; COMMON FEATURES; GYRORADIUS; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; PLASMA SHEETS; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORM EXPANSIONS; SUBSTORM ONSETS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

AURORA; DATABASE; PLASMA; STORM; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 57049102358     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033666     Document Type: Article

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