Ionospheric localisation and expansion of long-period Pi1 pulsations at substorm onset

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Milling, David K ^a   Rae, I Jonathan ^a   Mann, Ian R ^a   Murphy, Kyle R ^a   Kale, Andy ^a   Russell, Christopher T ^b   Angelopoulos, Vassilis ^b   Mende, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETERS;

CURRENT WEDGES; ENERGY RELEASES; EPICENTRE; GLOBAL NETWORKS; INITIAL LOCATIONS; LOCALISATION; RAPID EXPANSIONS; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORM ONSETS; SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; STORM;

EID: 57049126220     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033672     Document Type: Article

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