Solar wind and substorm excitation of the wavy current sheet

Following a solar wind pressure pulse on 3 August 2001, GOES 8, GOES 10, Cluster and Polar observed dipolarizations of the magnetic field, accompanied by an eastward expansion of the aurora observed by IMAGE, indicating the occurrence of two substorms. Prior to the first substorm, the motion of t...

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Main Authors: C. Forsyth, M. Lester, R. C. Fear, E. Lucek, I. Dandouras, A. N. Fazakerley, H. Singer, T. K. Yeoman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-06-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/27/2457/2009/angeo-27-2457-2009.pdf