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Winningham et al. 1975
Winningham, J.D., Yasuhara, F., Akasofu, S.-I. and Heikkila, W.J. (1975). The latitudinal morphology of 10-eV to 10-keV electron fluxes during magnetically quiet and disturbed times in the 2100–0300 MLT sector. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i022p03148. issn: 0148-0227.

Electron and proton data from Isis 1 and 2 have been used to examine the change in the latitudinal morphology of auroral particle fluxes as a function of substorm time in the 2100--0300 dipole magnetic local time period. Clear and repeatable systematics in the latitudinal morphology were observed during the various phases of a substorm, allowing one to identify the substorm phase based on particle data alone. Based on this study, a new phenomenological substorm model is presented that relates particle precipitation from various parts of the magnetotail to auroral oval morphology.

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