The THEMIS array of ground-based observatories for the study of auroral substorms

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 357-387

  Mende, S B ^a   Harris, S E ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a,c   Russell, C T ^c   Donovan, E ^b   Jackel, B ^b   Greffen, M ^b   Peticolas, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

All sky camera; Auroral imagers; Auroral substorms; Ground based observatories; Magnetometer array; Magnetospheric instability; Substorm onset

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BUILDINGS; CAMERAS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

ALL SKY CAMERA; AURORAL IMAGERS; AURORAL SUBSTORMS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATORIES; MAGNETOMETER ARRAY; MAGNETOSPHERIC INSTABILITY; SUBSTORM ONSET;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 58149172192     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9380-x     Document Type: Article

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