Simultaneous observations of reconnection pulses at Cluster and their effects on the cusp aurora observed at the Chinese Yellow River Station

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Q H ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Lockwood, M ^b   Liu, R Y ^a   Hu, H Q ^a   Yang, H G ^a   Hu, Z J ^a   Bogdanova, Y V ^c   Shen, C ^d   Zhang, B C ^a   Han, D S ^a   Liu, S L ^a   McCrea, I W ^b   Lester, M ^e  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049413947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015526     Document Type: Article

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