Plasma and magnetic field parameters at substorm onsets derived from GEOS 2 observations

Details Plasma and magnetic field parameters at substorm onsets derived from GEOS 2 observations Plasma and magnetic field parameters at substorm onsets derived from GEOS 2 observations

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9719341p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A12, p. 19,341-19,349.

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Energetic Particles, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Storms, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Layers, Electron Density (Concentration), Geos 2 Satellite, Ion Density (Concentration), Synchronous Satellites

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Measurements of energetic particles and the geomagnetic field by the geostationary satellite GEOS 2 were used to investigate the plasma and magnetic field parameters at substorm onset. The distribution of energetic ions and electrons are found to be statistically isotropic at the nightside synchronous orbit. The number density and pressure of electrons Ne and Pe are much lower than Ni and Pi of ions. Electrons and ions increase substantially at substorm onset when compared with magnetically quiet days. Earthward pressure gradients of energetic ions with scale length of about 10 ion gyroradius are commonly observed during the substorm growth phase. The magnetic field lines are stretched out tailward with a curvature radius in the equatorial plane being considerably smaller than that in the dipole field. Plasma beta values increase to the order of 1. All these parameters are found to be consistent with the development of the ballooning instability in connection with substorm onsets.

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