Distinction between auroral substorm onset and traditional ground magnetic onset signatures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4080-4092

  Lyons, L R ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Donovan, E ^b   Angelopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aurora; current wedge; streamers; substorm; substorm onset

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882773798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50384     Document Type: Article

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