Evidence that solar wind fluctuations substantially affect global convection and substorm occurrence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lyons, L R ^d   Kim, H J ^d   Xing, X ^d   Zou, S ^d   Lee, D Y ^f   Heinselman, C ^c   Nicolls, M J ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Larson, D ^e   McFadden, J ^e   Runov, A ^e   Fornacon, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

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[No Author keywords available]

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EID: 72149119057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014281     Document Type: Article

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