THE APPEARANCE OF PLASMASPHERIC PLASMA IN THE OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SUBSTORM GROWTH-PHASE

Authors
MOLDWIN MB THOMSEN MF BAME SJ MCCOMAS DJ WEISS LA REEVES GD BELIAN RD
Citation
Mb. Moldwin et al., THE APPEARANCE OF PLASMASPHERIC PLASMA IN THE OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SUBSTORM GROWTH-PHASE, Geophysical research letters, 23(8), 1996, pp. 801-804
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
801 - 804
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1996)23:8<801:TAOPPI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Short intervals (<2.5 hrs) of dense (greater than or equal to 10 cm(-3 )), cold (less than or equal to 10 eV) plasmaspheric plasma are observ ed at synchronous orbit in association with the growth phase of geomag netic substorms. We interpret the strong correlation between these phe nomena in terms of the reconfiguration of the duskside/nightside magne tosphere during the growth phase of geomagnetic substorms. This reconf iguration moves plasmaspheric plasma outward to synchronous orbit, occ asionally even in the midnight region.