Revised timing and onset location of two isolated substorms observed by Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liu, J ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Kubyshkina, M ^b   McFadden, J ^c   Glassmeier, K H ^d,e   Russell, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e Max Planck lnstitut for Solar System Research   (Germany)

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EID: 78651302198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015877     Document Type: Article

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