Substorm onset by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS spacecraft observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Xing, X ^a   Lyons, L ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Larson, D ^d   Carlson, C ^d   Bonnell, J ^d   Auster, U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 78149355600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015528     Document Type: Article

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