Conjectured chaotic nature of the ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling in a reconfigurating magnetosphere

During substorms the magnetic field configuration changes in time; stretching of the magnetosphere during growth phase is followed by its collapse after the onset of the expansion phase. In this study the ionospheric origin oxygen ion dynamics in a time-dependent magnetosphere is analyzed. An induct...

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Main Author: E. B. Wodnicka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1996-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/3/221/1996/npg-3-221-1996.pdf