Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: Incoherent-scatter radar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Lyons, L R ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Shi, Y ^a   Zou, S ^a,c   Kim, H J ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Heinselman, C ^d   Nicolls, M J ^d   Fornacon, K H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 77955193226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015168     Document Type: Article

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