Multispacecraft and ground-based observations of substorm timing and activations: Two case studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cao, X ^p   Pu, Z Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Mishin, V M ⁿ   Ma, Z W ^m   Dunlop, M W ^d   Fu, S Y ^a   Xie, L ^a   Xiao, C J ^a   Wang, X G ^a   Zong, Q G ^q   Liu, Z X ^l   Kubyshkina, M V ^k   Pulkkinen, T I ^o   Frey, H U ⁱ   Korth, A ^g   Fraenz, M ^g   Lucek, E ^b   Carr, C M ^b   Reme, H ^c   Dandouras, I ^c   Fazakerley, A N ^f   Reeves, G D ^h   Friedel, R ^h   Glassmeier, K H ^j   Escoubet, C P ^e   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^k ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^l INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^m ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^o FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^p CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 68949131240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012761     Document Type: Article

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