Timing and localization of ionospheric signatures associated with substorm expansion phase onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jonathan Rae, I ^a   Mann, Ian R ^a   Murphy, Kyle R ^a   Milling, David K ^a   Parent, Adrienne ^a   Angelopoulos, Vassilis ^b   Frey, Harald U ^c   Kale, Andy ^a   Watt, Clare E J ^a   Mende, Stephen B ^c   Russell, Christopher T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954334508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013559     Document Type: Article

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