Two substorm intensifications compared: Onset, expansion, and global consequences

Details Two substorm intensifications compared: Onset, expansion, and global consequences Two substorm intensifications compared: Onset, expansion, and global consequences

Jan 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...103...15p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A1, p. 15-28

Physics

39

Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Storms And Substorms

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We present observations of two sequential substorm onsets on May 15, 1996. The first event occurred during persistently negative IMF BZ, whereas the second expansion followed a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). While the first onset remained localized, the second event led to a major reconfiguration of the magnetotail. The two very different events are contrasted, and it is suggested that the IMF direction controls the evolution of the expansion phase after the initial onset. Magnetic field modeling and field-aligned mappings are used to find the high-altitude source region of the auroral features and currents giving rise to ground magnetic disturbances: It is shown that the auroral brightening is related to processes near the inner edge of the plasma sheet but that the initial field-aligned currents couple to the midtail region. Ground magnetograms show an abrupt, large-scale weakening of the electrojet during the recovery phase. This event is followed by eastward drifting omega bands in a double-oval configuration. During that period, the Geotail plasma data show oscillations at <100km/s amplitude. We argue that both these features are connected with the global tail evolution as the neutral line ceases to be active and reforms in the distant tail.

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