Pulsating proton aurora caused by rising tone Pc1 waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1608-1618

  Nomura, R ^a   Shiokawa, K ^b   Omura, Y ^c   Ebihara, Y ^c   Miyoshi, Y ^b   Sakaguchi, K ^d   Otsuka, Y ^b   Connors, M ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMIC triggered waves; Pc1 waves; proton aurora

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959144755     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021681     Document Type: Article

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