Variation of the plasma turbulence in the central plasma sheet during substorm phases observed by the interball/tail satellite

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Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005jastp..67.1815s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, v. 67, iss. 17-18 [SPECIAL ISSUE], p. 1815-1820.

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Fluctuations of the plasma bulk velocity across the plasma sheet are studied using single-point measurements from the Corall instrument on board the Interball/Tail satellite. Several hour-long intervals of continuous data corresponding to quiet geomagnetic conditions and different phases of isolated substorms are analyzed. The plasma sheet flow appears to be strongly turbulent, i.e. dominated by fluctuations that are unpredictable. Corresponding eddy diffusion coefficients were obtained as a function of the autocorrelation time and rms velocity of the fluctuations. It was found that the amplitude of the turbulence and the values of eddy-diffusion coefficients increase significantly during substorm growth and expansion phases and they decrease to their initial level during the recovery phase. We also studied a relationship between the eddy-diffusion coefficients and the absolute value of the geomagnetic field, also measured by the Interball/Tail satellite. It was found that this relationship varies depending on the phase of substorm, indicating possible change in the turbulence regimen with substorm phase.

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