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Coupled-mode scenario for the magnetospheric dynamics. / Sergeev, VA; Pulkkinen, TI; Pellinen, RJ.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Coupled-mode scenario for the magnetospheric dynamics
AU - Sergeev, VA
AU - Pulkkinen, TI
AU - Pellinen, RJ
PY - 1996/6/1
Y1 - 1996/6/1
N2 - Substorm phenomena are reviewed with emphasis on the magnetospheric source region of the onset, on the morphology of the initial breakup and subsequent activations, and on the variable character of individual substorms. We provide evidence that before the substorm onset and during the following activations an intense, thin current sheet is formed at the interface between the quasi-dipolar and taillike magnetic field regions. We infer that the initial breakup, the following multiple activations, pseudobreakups, and other short-term activations during nonsubstorm times are all similar in morphology and have the same formation mechanism. We postulate that the elementary units of energy dissipation, impulsive dissipation events, which are localized in space and have a short lifetime of similar to 1 min, are the manifestations of tail reconnection. We also emphasize the evidence that previous authors have presented in favor of this time dependence and localization. On the basis of the above, we suggest that there are two basic magnetospheric processes responsible for energy storage and dissipation during both substorm and nonsubstorm times: A global and slow quasi-static tail reconfiguration responsible for the energy storage, and a sequence of local, sporadic, short-term energy dissipation events. These competitive processes can be observed most the time in some part of the plasma sheet; their relative intensity determines the type of large-scale dynamic evolution. In this scenario, the various dynamical situations are interpreted as variations in the balance between the two competing processes.
AB - Substorm phenomena are reviewed with emphasis on the magnetospheric source region of the onset, on the morphology of the initial breakup and subsequent activations, and on the variable character of individual substorms. We provide evidence that before the substorm onset and during the following activations an intense, thin current sheet is formed at the interface between the quasi-dipolar and taillike magnetic field regions. We infer that the initial breakup, the following multiple activations, pseudobreakups, and other short-term activations during nonsubstorm times are all similar in morphology and have the same formation mechanism. We postulate that the elementary units of energy dissipation, impulsive dissipation events, which are localized in space and have a short lifetime of similar to 1 min, are the manifestations of tail reconnection. We also emphasize the evidence that previous authors have presented in favor of this time dependence and localization. On the basis of the above, we suggest that there are two basic magnetospheric processes responsible for energy storage and dissipation during both substorm and nonsubstorm times: A global and slow quasi-static tail reconfiguration responsible for the energy storage, and a sequence of local, sporadic, short-term energy dissipation events. These competitive processes can be observed most the time in some part of the plasma sheet; their relative intensity determines the type of large-scale dynamic evolution. In this scenario, the various dynamical situations are interpreted as variations in the balance between the two competing processes.
KW - SUBSTORM GROWTH-PHASE
KW - GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
KW - FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS
KW - PLASMA SHEET
KW - NIGHTSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE
KW - GEOMAGNETIC TAIL
KW - ELECTRIC-FIELD
KW - MAGNETIC-FIELD
KW - AURORAL BULGE
KW - CURRENT WEDGE
U2 - 10.1029/95JA03192
DO - 10.1029/95JA03192
M3 - статья
VL - 101
SP - 13047
EP - 13065
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
SN - 0148-0227
IS - A6
ER -
ID: 36634749