A statistical study of the open magnetic flux content of the magnetosphere at the time of substorm onset

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Boakes, P D ^a,b   Milan, S E ^a   Abel, G A ^b   Freeman, M P ^b   Chisham, G ^b   Hubert, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORAL IMAGES; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; PARTICLE INJECTION; POLAR CAP; STATISTICAL STUDY; SUBSTORM ONSET; SUBSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

EID: 66149177132     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037059     Document Type: Article

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