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Samson et al. 1992
Samson, J.C., Lyons, L.R., Newell, P.T., Creutzberg, F. and Xu, B. (1992). Proton aurora and substorm intensifications. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL02184. issn: 0094-8276.

Ground based measurements from the CANOPUS array of meridian scanning photometers and precipitating ion and electron data from the DMSP F9 satellite show that the electron arc which brightens to initiate substorm intensifications is formed within a region of intense proton precipitation that is well equatorward (~4--6¿) of the nightside open-closed field line boundary. The precipitating protons are from a population that is energized via Earthward convection from the magnetotail into the dipolar region of the magnetosphere and may play an important role in the formation of the electron arcs leading to substorm intensifications on dipolelike field lines. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail, Ionosphere, Auroral ionosphere
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Geophysical Research Letters
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