Convecting towards the catastrophe of substorm onset

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jatp...55.1185l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 55, no. 8, p. 1185-1192.

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Convection, Earth Magnetosphere, Energy Transfer, Magnetic Storms, Solar Wind, Dynamic Response, Potential Energy, Solar Terrestrial Interactions

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A nonlinear model of substorm evolution is constructed which self-consistently unifies the directly driven and the loading-unloading systems. Using only the principle that the magnetosphere minimizes its potential energy within the constraints imposed by external conditions, substorms are described with reference to trajectories on a cusp catastrophe surface. The model predicts the conditions required for substorm onset and the amount of energy explosively released at the beginning of the expansive phase.

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