Observations of a gradual transition between Ps 6 activity with auroral torches and surgelike pulsations during strong geomagnetic disturbances

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Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93.8713s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Aug. 1, 1988, p. 8713-8733.

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Auroral Arcs, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetic Anomalies, Magnetic Storms, Plasma Torches, Surges, Earth Magnetosphere, Energetic Particles, Traveling Waves

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This paper describes a long-lasting large-amplitude pulsation event, which occurred on January 10, 1983 in the ionosphere and magnetosphere and was characterized by Steen and Rees (1983). Over the 4-h period (0200-0600 UT), the characteristics of the pulsations in the ionosphere changed from being Ps 6 auroral torches toward substorms and back to Ps 6. At GEO, the corresponding characteristics were a modulation of the high-energy particle intensity and plasma dropouts. Based on the ideas presented by Rostoker and Samson (1984), an interpretation of the event is offered, according to which the pulsations are caused by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability during an interval of strong magnetospheric convection. On the basis of this explanation, a new interpretation of the substorm time sequence is proposed.

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