Near-Earth substorm features from multiple satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lui, A T Y ^g   Vorwerk, M ^a,j   Dunlop, M W ^c   Alexeev, I V ^b   Fazakerley, A N ^b   Walsh, A P ^b   Lester, M ^d   Grocott, A ^d   Mouikis, C ^f   Henderson, M G ^e   Kistler, L M ^f   Shen, C ⁱ   Shi, J K ⁱ   Zhang, T L ^j   Reme H ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^j Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

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EID: 68949150963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012738     Document Type: Article

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