Multiple-satellite studies of magnetospheric substorms - Plasma sheet recovery and the poleward leap of auroral zone activity

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Nov 1978

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Nov. 1, 1978, p. 5256-5268. Research supported by the Norges Almenvitenskapelige Fors

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Auroral Zones, Earth Magnetosphere, Plasma Layers, Polar Substorms, Satellite Observation, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetometers, Ogo-5, Polar Regions, Riometers, Vela Satellites

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Particle observations from pairs of satellites (OGO 5 and Vela 4A and 5A) during 28 plasma sheet thickening events indicate that thickening of the nighttime plasma sheet during substorms occurs in two main stages. The early stage involves single or multiple expansions of the near-earth plasma sheet at the onset of substorm expansions (Pi 2 bursts) on the ground, while the later stage of plasma sheet recovery starts near the time of maximum auroral zone bay activity. This stage is characterized by a large-scale thickening toward higher latitudes that occurs over a broad azimuthal scale and at heights that range from the ionosphere to beyond the Vela orbit. A detailed analysis of two-satellite observations during eight plasma sheet recoveries is presented, and events that occurred within 5 min in widely separated locations at small distances from the tail's midplane as well as events that occurred concurrently in the Vela orbit and at high latitudes in the near-earth region are revealed.

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