Open Geospace General Circulation Model simulation of a substorm: Axial tail instability and ballooning mode preceding substorm onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Raeder, J ^a,d   Zhu, P ^b   Ge, Y ^a,d   Siscoe, G ^c  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 79251553121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015876     Document Type: Article

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