THEMIS observations of two substorms on February 26, 2008

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1328-1337

  Chu, Xiangning ^a   Pu, Zuyin ^a   Cao, Xin ^a   Wang, Jue ^a   Mishin, V ^b   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Liu, Jiang ^c   Wei, Yong ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^d   McFadden, J ^e   Larson, D ^e   Mende, S ^e   Frey, H ^e   Russell, C T ^c   Mann, I ^f   Sibeck, D ^g   Zong, Qiugang ^a   Fu, Suiyan ^a   Xie, Lun ^a   Saifudinova, T I ^b   Tolochko, M V ^b   Sapronova, L A ^b   Reme, H ^h   Lucek, E ⁱ   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auroral expansion; Auroral intensification brightening; Dipolarization; Magnetic reconnection; Substorm

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; PLASMA THEORY;

AURORAL INTENSIFICATION/BRIGHTENING; DIPOLARIZATION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; OPEN FIELD LINES; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY; SUBSTORM EXPANSION; SUBSTORMS;

EXPANSION;

EID: 77953609436     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-009-0399-3     Document Type: Article

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