Azimuthal flow bursts in the inner plasma sheet and possible connection with SAPS and plasma sheet earthward flow bursts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 5009-5021

  Lyons, L R ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Gallardo Lacourt, B ^a   Nicolls, M J ^b,c   Chen, S ^b,c   Hampton, D L ^d   Bristow, W A ^d   Ruohoniemi, J M ^e   Nishitani, N ^f   Donovan, E F ^g   Angelopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aurora; convection; flow bursts; plasma sheet; SAPS; streamers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027957719     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021023     Document Type: Article

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