Substorm Onset Latitude and the Steadiness of Magnetospheric Convection
Substorm Onset Latitude and the Steadiness of Magnetospheric Convection
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亚暴爆发纬度与磁层对流的稳定性
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10.1029/2018ja025969
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2019
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Milan S
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Milan S
We study the role of substorms and steady magnetospheric convection (SMC) in magnetic flux transport in the magnetosphere, using observations of field‐aligned currents by the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment. We identify two classes of substorm, with onsets above and below 65° magnetic latitude, which display different nightside field‐aligned current morphologies. We show that the low‐latitude onsets develop a poleward‐expanding auroral bulge, and identify these as substorms that manifest ionospheric convection‐braking in the auroral bulge region as suggested by Grocott et al. (2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-591-2009). We show that the high‐latitude substorms, which do not experience braking, can evolve into SMC events if the interplanetary magnetic field remains southward for a prolonged period following onset. We conclude that during periods of ongoing driving, the magnetosphere displays repeated substorm activity or SMC depending on the rate of driving and the open magnetic flux content of the magnetosphere prior to onset. We speculate that sawtooth events are an extreme case of repeated onsets and that substorms triggered by northward‐turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field mark the cessation of periods of SMC. Our results provide a new explanation for the differing modes of response of the terrestrial system to solar wind‐magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling by invoking friction between the ionosphere and atmosphere.
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1.9
作者:
J. P. Morelli;R. Bunting;S. Cowley;Charles J. Farrugia;Charles J. Farrugia;M. Freeman;E. Friis;G.O.L. Jones;G.O.L. Jones;Mark Lester;R. V. Lewis;R. V. Lewis;Hermann Lühr;D. Orr;M. Pinnock;Geoff D. Reeves;P. Williams;T. Yeoman
通讯作者:
T. Yeoman
DOI:
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发表时间:
2018
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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作者:
B. Anderson;C. Olson;H. Korth;R. Barnes;C. Waters;S. Vines
通讯作者:
S. Vines
DOI:
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发表时间:
2013
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作者:
L. Clausen;S. Milan;J. Baker;J. Ruohoniemi;K. Glassmeier;J. Coxon;B. Anderson
通讯作者:
B. Anderson
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
K. McWilliams;J. B. Pfeifer;R. McPherron
通讯作者:
R. McPherron
DOI:
10.5194/angeo-27-659-2009
发表时间:
2009-02
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作者:
S. Milan;A. Grocott;Colin Forsyth;Colin Forsyth;S. Imber;S. Imber;P. Boakes;P. Boakes;B. Hubert
通讯作者:
S. Milan;A. Grocott;Colin Forsyth;Colin Forsyth;S. Imber;S. Imber;P. Boakes;P. Boakes;B. Hubert