Observations of polar cap flow channel and plasma sheet flow bursts during substorm expansion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 774-784

  Pitkanen T ^a   Aikio, A T ^a   Juusola, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

bursty bulk flows; ionospheric dynamics; polar cap flow channel; substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880066062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50119     Document Type: Article

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