Relations between multiple auroral streamers, pre-onset thin arc formation, and substorm auroral onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Lyons, L R ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Kikuchi, T ^a   Zou, S ^d   Mende, S B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052999627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016768     Document Type: Article

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