Simultaneous THEMIS in situ and auroral observations of a small substorm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Donovan, E ^a   Liu, W ^b   Liang, J ^b   Spanswick, E ^a   Voronkov, I ^c   Connors, M ^c   Syrjasuo M ^d   Baker, G ^a   Jackel, B ^a   Trondsen, T ^a   Greffen, M ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^e   Russell, C T ^e   Mende, S B ^f   Frey, H U ^f   Keiling, A ^f   Carlson, C W ^f   McFadden, J P ^f   Glassmeier, K H ^g   Auster, U ^g   Hayashi, K ^h   Sakaguchi, K ⁱ   Shiokawa, K ⁱ   Wild, J A ^j   Rae, I J ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS;

AURORAE; DIPOLARIZATION; EXPANSION PHASE; FIELD LINES; IN-SITU; OPTICAL-; SUBSTORM;

SATELLITES;

AURORA; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 57049186342     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033794     Document Type: Article

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