Solar-wind parameters responsible for plasma injection into the region of the magnetospheric ring current

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Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Storms, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Ring Currents, Solar Wind, Correlation Coefficients, Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Particle Flux Density, Statistical Analysis, Time Dependence

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The relation between the parameter (q) characterizing the total energy of particles injected per hour into the region of the magnetospheric ring current and parameters of the solar-wind plasma and magnetic field in near-earth space ahead of the bow shock is investigated statistically as well as by comparing temporal variations in the parameters considered. Data on eight sporadic (i.e., flare-induced) geomagnetic storms ranging in intensity from moderate to very severe are used in the analysis. It is found that q is correlated not only with the intensity and direction of the z-component of the solar-wind magnetic field but also with the variability of the total magnetic-field vector. The results also indicate that solar-wind flow velocity affects average storm intensity, but temporal variations of that velocity are not correlated with q.

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