A transient narrow poleward extrusion from the diffuse aurora and the concurrent magnetotail activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lui, A T Y ^a   Spanswick, E ^b   Donovan, E F ^b   Liang, J ^b   Liu, W W ^c   Lecontel, O ^d   Zong, Q G ^e,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 77958126622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015449     Document Type: Article

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