Coordinated SuperDARN THEMIS ASI observations of mesoscale flow bursts associated with auroral streamers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-150

  Gallardo Lacourt, Bea ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Zou, S ^b   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Donovan, E ^c   McWilliams, K A ^d   Ruohoniemi, J M ^e   Nishitani, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auroral streamers; Ionospheric flow pattern; SuperDARN; THEMIS ASI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897648328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019245     Document Type: Article

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