Comment on "substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all-sky imager observations" by Y. Nishimura et al.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Frey, Harald U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650525741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016182     Document Type: Note

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