| Tail reconnection triggering substorm onset V Angelopoulos, JP McFadden, D Larson, CW Carlson, SB Mende, ... Science 321 (5891), 931-935, 2008 | 701* | 2008 |
| Control of equatorial ionospheric morphology by atmospheric tides TJ Immel, E Sagawa, SL England, SB Henderson, ME Hagan, SB Mende, ... Geophysical Research Letters 33 (15), 2006 | 695 | 2006 |
| Far ultraviolet imaging from the IMAGE spacecraft. 1. System design SB Mende, H Heetderks, HU Frey, M Lampton, SP Geller, S Habraken, ... Space Science Reviews 91, 243-270, 2000 | 495* | 2000 |
| The THEMIS array of ground-based observatories for the study of auroral substorms SB Mende, SE Harris, HU Frey, V Angelopoulos, CT Russell, E Donovan, ... The themis mission, 357-387, 2009 | 379 | 2009 |
| Substorm onset observations by IMAGE‐FUV HU Frey, SB Mende, V Angelopoulos, EF Donovan Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 109 (A10), 2004 | 365 | 2004 |
| Longitudinal structure of the equatorial anomaly in the nighttime ionosphere observed by IMAGE/FUV E Sagawa, TJ Immel, HU Frey, SB Mende Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 110 (A11), 2005 | 343 | 2005 |
| Global distributions and occurrence rates of transient luminous events AB Chen, CL Kuo, YJ Lee, HT Su, RR Hsu, JL Chern, HU Frey, SB Mende, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 113 (A8), 2008 | 315 | 2008 |
| Identifying the driver of pulsating aurora Y Nishimura, J Bortnik, W Li, RM Thorne, LR Lyons, V Angelopoulos, ... Science 330 (6000), 81-84, 2010 | 311 | 2010 |
| Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all‐sky imager observations Y Nishimura, L Lyons, S Zou, V Angelopoulos, S Mende Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 (A7), 2010 | 267 | 2010 |
| Longitudinal variation of the E‐region electric fields caused by atmospheric tides SL England, S Maus, TJ Immel, SB Mende Geophysical Research Letters 33 (21), 2006 | 262 | 2006 |
| First results from the THEMIS mission V Angelopoulos, D Sibeck, CW Carlson, JP McFadden, D Larson, RP Lin, ... Space Science Reviews 141, 453-476, 2008 | 249 | 2008 |
| Far ultraviolet imaging from the IMAGE spacecraft. 2. Wideband FUV imaging SB Mende, H Heetderks, HU Frey, M Lampton, SP Geller, R Abiad, ... The IMAGE Mission, 271-285, 2000 | 249 | 2000 |
| North‐south aligned equatorial airglow depletions EJ Weber, J Buchau, RH Eather, SB Mende Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 83 (A2), 712-716, 1978 | 246 | 1978 |
| The ionospheric connection explorer mission: Mission goals and design TJ Immel, SL England, SB Mende, RA Heelis, CR Englert, J Edelstein, ... Space Science Reviews 214, 1-36, 2018 | 209 | 2018 |
| Substorm current wedge driven by plasma flow vortices: THEMIS observations A Keiling, V Angelopoulos, A Runov, J Weygand, SV Apatenkov, S Mende, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 114 (A1), 2009 | 193 | 2009 |
| Views of Earth's magnetosphere with the IMAGE satellite JL Burch, SB Mende, DG Mitchell, TE Moore, CJ Pollock, BW Reinisch, ... Science 291 (5504), 619-624, 2001 | 190 | 2001 |
| The THEMIS all-sky imaging array—System design and initial results from the prototype imager E Donovan, S Mende, B Jackel, H Frey, M Syrjäsuo, I Voronkov, ... Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 68 (13), 1472-1487, 2006 | 184 | 2006 |
| O/N2 changes during 1–4 October 2002 storms: IMAGE SI‐13 and TIMED/GUVI observations Y Zhang, LJ Paxton, D Morrison, B Wolven, H Kil, CI Meng, SB Mende, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 109 (A10), 2004 | 183 | 2004 |
| Continuous magnetic reconnection at Earth's magnetopause HU Frey, TD Phan, SA Fuselier, SB Mende Nature 426 (6966), 533-537, 2003 | 177 | 2003 |
| Michelson interferometer for global high-resolution thermospheric imaging (MIGHTI): instrument design and calibration CR Englert, JM Harlander, CM Brown, KD Marr, IJ Miller, JE Stump, ... Space science reviews 212, 553-584, 2017 | 168 | 2017 |