Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ge%26ae..47..185v&link_type=abstract
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp.185-192
Physics
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Auroral Phenomena In Magnetosphere, Magnetic Storms, Substorms
Scientific paper
The dynamics of the auroral precipitation boundaries in the daytime (0900-1200 MLT) and nighttime (2100-2400 MLT) sectors during two strong magnetic storms of February 8-9, 1986, and March 13-14, 1989, with a Dst value at a maximum of approximately -300 and -600 nT, respectively, are studied using the DMSP satellite data. It is shown that, during the main phase of a storm, a shift to lower latitudes of the poleward and equator ward boundaries of the daytime precipitation is observed. In the nighttime sector, the equatorward boundary of the precipitation also shifts to lower latitudes, whereas the position of the poleward boundary depends weakly on the magnetic activity level even in the periods of very strong magnetic disturbances. The increase in the polar cap area occurs mainly due to the equatorward shift of the daytime precipitation. A high correlation degree between the equatorward shift of the poleward boundary of the daytime precipitation and the position of the equatorward boundary of the precipitation at the nighttime side of the Earth is demonstrated. The analysis of the events shows that (1) the magnetic activity level in the nighttime sector of the auroral zone influences considerably the position of the daytime precipitation boundaries during magnetic storms and that (2) the ring current inputs considerably into the value of the Dst variations.
Vorobjev Vyacheslav G.
Yagodkina Oksana I.
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