Conference proceeding
A substorm onset observed by the polar spacecraft in conjunction with the image chain
Fifth International Conference on Substorms, St. Petersburg, Russia; NETHERLANDS; 16-20 May 2000, pp.337-340
Fifth International Conference on Substorms (St. Petersburg, Russia, 05/16/2000 - 05/20/2000)
05/01/2000
Abstract
We present observations of the Polar spacecraft of magnetospheric substorm signatures in the plasma sheet midway along auroral field lines between the ionosphere and the equatorial plasma sheet. An isolated substorm on October 17, 1997, is studied in detail. The onset time at 2040:42 UT was defined to be almost simultaneous (within 20 sec) on the ground and at Polar altitude (~4 R(E)). At Polar, the onset was manifested as strong magnetic field variations and plasma flow bursts with amplitudes exceeding 20 nT and 100 km/s, respectively. Bursts of parallel Poynting flux of ~0.5 ergs/sq cm were related to these variations, and they were predominantly directed toward the ionosphere. In addition, a sequence of weak magnetic field variations and flow bursts were observed at Polar ~10 min before the onset. Associated with this, a weak westward electro jet was observed on the ground. We discuss the importance of these observations in the physics of substorm onset. (Author)
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- Title: Subtitle
- A substorm onset observed by the polar spacecraft in conjunction with the image chain
- Creators
- P ToivanenD BakerW PetersonA ViljanenN TurnerX LiC Kletzing
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Fifth International Conference on Substorms, St. Petersburg, Russia; NETHERLANDS; 16-20 May 2000, pp.337-340
- Conference
- Fifth International Conference on Substorms (St. Petersburg, Russia, 05/16/2000 - 05/20/2000)
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2000
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984442017502771
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