Substorms associated with azimuthal turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field

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Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jastp..63.1763b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 63, Issue 16, p. 1763-1774.

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Whether the magnetospheric substorms can be triggered by the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) variations is an important issue in the substorm research. In this work we investigate observationally the relationship between substorm activities and IMF By variations, i.e., azimuthal turnings. We have searched for the IMF's azimuthal turning events for a period of one year using the data from multispacecraft monitoring the solar wind, WIND, IMP 8 and Geotail. Based on specific selection criteria, we have found 11 such events that exhibit pure azimuthal turnings while the IMF Bz remains quasi-steady. These events are found to be mostly in reasonable temporal associations with the substorm activities which were identified by multipoint measurements using the geomagnetic bays, auroral images, geosynchronous energetic particle injections and magnetic dipolarizations. We find an average response time of /~8-9min between the substorm onsets and the dayside magnetopause contact times of the IMF By turnings. The results suggest that in addition to the more popular trigger by northward turnings of the IMF, its azimuthal (both positive and negative) turnings be also regarded as another possible external trigger of substorms.

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