Formation of substorm Pi2: A coherent response to auroral streamers and currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Nishimura, Y ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Kikuchi, T ^b   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Donovan, E ^c   Mende, S ^d   Chi, P J ^a   Nagatsuma, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Information and Communication Technology   (Japan)

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EID: 84866706821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017889     Document Type: Article

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