Preonset time sequence of auroral substorms: Coordinated observations by all-sky imagers, satellites, and radars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Lyons, L R ^a   Zou, S ^c   Xing, X ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Mende, S B ^e   Bonnell, J W ^e   Larson, D ^e   Auster, U ^f   Hori, T ^b   Nishitani, N ^b   Hosokawa, K ^g   Sofko, G ^h   Nicolls, M ⁱ   Heinselman, C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁱ SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 78649744516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015832     Document Type: Article

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