Multipoint observations of substorm pre-onset flows and time sequence in the ionosphere and magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Shi, Yong ^a   Zesta, Eftyhia ^b   Lyons, L R ^a   Xing, X ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Donovan, E ^d   McCready, M A ^e   Heinselman, C J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84866336087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017185     Document Type: Article

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