L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, J. Liu, Y. Zou, W. A. Bristow, S. Yadav, E. Donovan, N. Nishitani, K. Shiokawa, and K. Hosokawa. Unsolved problems: Mesoscale polar cap flow channels' structure, propagation, and effects on space weather disturbances. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, volume 10,  2023 .

X. Lu, H. Wu, S. Kaeppler, J. Meriwether, Y. Nishimura, W. Wang, J. Li, and X. Shi. Understanding Strong Neutral Vertical Winds and Ionospheric Responses to the 2015 St. Patrick's Day Storm Using TIEGCM Driven by Data-Assimilated Aurora and Electric Fields. Space Weather, volume 21, issue 2,  2023 .

L. R. Lyons, B. Gallardo-Lacourt, and Y. Nishimura. Chapter 2 - Auroral structures: Revealing the importance of meso-scale M-I coupling. Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System, Elsevier,  2022 .

G. V. Khazanov, C. Gabrielse, A. Glocer, M. Chu, Y. Nishimura, and P. Reyes. A 2D Kaleidoscope of Electron Heat Fluxes Driven by Auroral Electron Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, volume 49, issue 18,  2022 .

Y.-Z. Ma, Q.-H. Zhang, L. R. Lyons, J. Liu, Z.-Y. Xing, A. Reimer, Y. Nishimura, and D. Hampton. Is Westward Travelling Surge Driven by the Polar Cap Flow Channels? Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, volume 126, issue 8,  2021 .

L. R. Lyons, J. Liu, Y. Nishimura, C.-P. Wang, A. S. Reimer, W. A. Bristow, D. L. Hampton, X. Shi, R. H. Varney, and E. F. Donovan. Radar Observations of Flows Leading to Longitudinal Expansion of Substorm Onset over Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics,  2021 .

L. R. Lyons and Y. Nishimura. Substorm onset and development: The crucial role of flow channels. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, volume 211,  2020 .

B. Wang, Y. Nishimura, M. Hartinger, N. Sivadas, L. L. Lyons, R. H. Varney, and V. Angelopoulos. Ionospheric Modulation by Storm Time Pc5 ULF Pulsations and the Structure Detected by PFISR-THEMIS Conjunction. Geophysical Research Letters, volume 47, issue 16,  2020 .

Y. Nishimura, L. R. Lyons, C. Gabrielse, N. Sivadas, E. F. Donovan, R. H. Varney, V. Angelopoulos, J. M. Weygand, M. G. Conde, and S. R. Zhang. Extreme Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Responses to the 5 April 2010 Supersubstorm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, volume 125, issue 4,  2020 .

L. V. Goodwin, Y. Nishimura, Y. Zou, K. Shiokawa, and P. T. Jayachandran. Mesoscale Convection Structures Associated With Airglow Patches Characterized Using Cluster-Imager Conjunctions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, volume 124, issue 9,  2019 .

K. Hosokawa, Y. Zou, and Y. Nishimura. Airglow Patches in the Polar Cap Region: A Review. Space Science Reviews, volume 215, issue 8,  2019 .

N. Sivadas, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, and S. Mrak. Optical Signatures of the Outer Radiation Belt Boundary. Geophysical Research Letters, volume 46, issue 15,  2019 .

Y. Zou, Y. Nishimura, L. Lyons, M. Conde, R. Varney, V. Angelopoulos, and S. Mende. Mesoscale F region neutral winds associated with quasi‐steady and transient nightside auroral forms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, volume 123,  2018 .

N. Sivadas, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, and A. Kero. Simultaneous measurements of substorm-related electron energization in the ionosphere and the plasma sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, American Geophysical Union, volume 122, pages 10528-10547, October  2017 .

Y. Zou, Y. Nishimura, L. R. Lyons, and K. Shiokawa. Localized polar cap precipitation in association with nonstorm time airglow patches. Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, volume 44, pages 609-617,  2017 .

L. R. Lyons, B. Gallardo-Lacourt, S. Zou, J. M. Weygand, Y. Nishimura, W. Li, M. Gkioulidou, V. Angelopoulos, E. F. Donovan, J. M. Ruohoniemi, B. J. Anderson, S. G. Shepherd, and N. Nishitani. The 17 March 2013 storm: Synergy of observations related to electric field modes and their ionospheric and magnetospheric Effects. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, American Geophysical Union, issue 121,  2016 .

C. Yue, W. Li, Y. Nishimura, Q. Zong, Q. Ma, J. Bortnik, R. M. Thorne, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, C. A. Kletzing, J. R. Wygant, and M. J. Nicolls. Rapid enhancement of low-energy (<100  eV) ion flux in response to interplanetary shocks based on two Van Allen Probes case studies: Implications for source regions and heating mechanisms. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, issue 121,  2016 .

Y. Zou, Y. Nishimura, J. K. Burchill, D. J. Knudsen, L. R. Lyons, K. Shiokawa, S. Buchert, S. Chen, M. J. Nicolls, M. J. Ruohoniemi, K. A. McWilliams, and N. Nishitani. Localized field-aligned currents in the polar cap associated with airglow patches. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, American Geophysical Union, issue 121,  2016 .

L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, B. Gallardo-Lacourt, M. J. Nicolls, S. Chen, D. L. Hampton, W. A. Bristow, J. M. Ruohoniemi, N. Nishitani, E. F. Donovan, and V. Angelopoulos. Azimuthal flow bursts in the Inner Plasma Sheet and Possible Connection with SAPS and Plasma Sheet Earthward Flow Bursts. J. Geophys. Res., volume 120, pages 5009-5021,  2015 .

L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, B. Gallardo-Lacourt, Y. Zou, E. F. Donovan, S. Mende, V. Angelopoulos, J. M. Ruohoniemi, K. A. McWilliams, D. L. Hampton, and M. J. Nicolls. Dynamics Related to Plasmasheet Flow Bursts as Revealed from the Aurora. Auroral Dynamics and Space Weather (eds. Y. Zhang and L. J. Paxton), John Wiley & Sons,  2015 .

Y. Nishimura, L. R. Lyons, M. J. Nicolls, D. L. Hampton, R. G. Michell, M. Samara, W. A. Bristow, E. F. Donovan, E. Spanswick, V. Angelopoulos, and S. B. Mende. Coordinated ionospheric observations indicating coupling between pre-onset flow bursts and waves that leads to substorm onset. J. Geophys. Res., volume 119, pages 3333-3344,  2014 .

L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, H.-J. Kim, E. Donovan, V. Angelopoulos, G. Sofko, M. Nicolls, C. Heinselman, J. M. Ruohoniemi, and N. Nishitani. Possible connection of polar cap flows to pre- and post-substorm onset PBIs and streamers. J. Geophys. Res., volume 116,  2011 .

L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, Y. Shi, S. Zou, H.-J. Kim, V. Angelopoulos, C. Heinselman, M. J. Nicolls, and K.-H. Fornacon. Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: Incoherent-scatter radar observations. J. Geophys. Res., volume 115,  2010 .

Y. Nishimura, L. R. Lyons, S. Zou, X. Xing, V. Angelopoulos, S. B. Mende, J. W. Bonnell, D. Larson, U. Auster, T. Hori, N. Nishitani, K. Hosokawa, G. Sofko, M. Nicolls, and C. Heinselman. Preonset time sequence of auroral substorms: Coordinated observations by all-sky imagers, satellites, and radars. J. Geophys. Res., volume 115,  2010 .

S. Zou, M. B. Moldwin, L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, M. Hirahara, T. Sakanoi, K. Asamura, M. J. Nicolls, Y. Miyashita, S. B. Mende, and C. J. Heinselman. Identification of substorm onset location and preonset sequence using Reimei, THEMIS GBO, PFISR, and Geotail. J. Geophys. Res., volume 115,  2010 .