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- Title
Influence of Solar Wind Plasma Parameters on the Intensity of Isolated Magnetospheric Substorms.
- Authors
Vorobjev, V. G.; Yagodkina, O. I.; Antonova, E. E.; Zverev, V. L.
- Abstract
Parameters of the interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind plasma during periods of 163 isolated substorms have been studied. It is shown that the solar wind velocity V and plasma density N remain approximately constant for at least 3 h before substorm onset Тo and 1 h after Тo. On average, the velocity of the solar wind exhibits a stable trend toward anticorrelation with its density over the whole data array. However, the situation is different if the values of V and N are considered with respect to the intensity of substorms observed during that period. With the growth of substorm intensity, quantified as the maximum absolute value of AL index, an increase in both the solar wind plasma velocity and density, at which these substorms appear, is obsreved. It has been found that the magnitude of the solar wind dynamic pressure P is closely related to the magnetosphere energy load defined as averaged values of the Kan-Lee electric field EKL and Newell parameter dΦ/dt averaged for 1 h interval before Тo. The growth of the dynamic pressure is accompanied by an increase in the load energy necessary for substorm generation. This interrelation between P and values of EKL and dΦ/dt is absent in other, arbitrarily chosen periods. It is believed that the processes accompanying increasing dynamic pressure of the solar wind result in the formation of magnetosphere conditions that increasingly impede substorm generation. Thus, the larger is P, the more solar wind energy must enter the Earth’s magnetosphere during the period of the growth phase for substorm generation. This energy is later released during the period of the substorm expansion phase and creates even more intense magnetic bays.
- Subjects
SOLAR wind; MAGNETOSPHERIC substorms; MAGNETIC fields; DYNAMIC pressure; GEOMAGNETIC variations
- Publication
Geomagnetism & Aeronomy, 2018, Vol 58, Issue 3, p295
- ISSN
0016-7932
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0016793218030155