Combined THEMIS and ground-based observations of a pair of substorm-associated electron precipitation events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^b   Rae, I Jonathan ^c   Brundell, James B ^b   Thomson, Neil R ^b   Cobbett, Neil ^a   Verronen, Pekka T ^d   Menk, Frederick W ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84857862607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016933     Document Type: Article

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