Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all-sky imager observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84869796256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015166     Document Type: Article

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