Variations in the geomagnetic field and auroras during the main phase of a large magnetic storm of November 20, 2003

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Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ge%26ae..48..201b&link_type=abstract

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp.201-208

Physics

94.30.Lr, 94.20.Ac, Magnetic Storms, Substorms, Auroral Ionosphere

Scientific paper

The substorm characteristics during the main phase of a large magnetic storm of November 20, 2003, are studied based on the data of TV observations of auroras and auroral absorption at Tixie Bay station and at the global network of magnetic stations. The contribution of auroral particles, responsible for the emission of discrete auroras, has been estimated based on an analysis of the spatial-time variations in the auroral luminosity intensity. This contribution accounted for ˜40% of the total luminous flux, which is approximately twice as large as was previously observed in substorm disturbances. Responses of the solar wind and IMF parameters in substorms and variations in the magnetic indices, characterizing geomagnetic activity in the northern polar cap and ring current ( PCN, ASY-H and SYM-H), have been detected. The spatial-time distribution of the equivalent ionospheric currents has been constructed, and the total value of these currents along the meridian has been determined based on the [Popov et al., 2001] method and using the IMAGE magnetic data. It has been obtained that the maximal total equivalent ionospheric current in the premidnight sector (˜2000 MLT) leads the minimal value of the SYM-H index by ˜1.5 h.

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