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A statistical study of the open magnetic flux content of the magnetosphere at the time of substorm onset
Boakes, P. D.; Milan, S. E.; Abel, G. A. et al.
2009In Geophysical Research Letters, 36, p. 04105
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Keywords :
Magnetospheric Physics: Substorms; Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Magnetospheric Physics: Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
Abstract :
[en] In this paper we determine the probability of substorm onset as a function of open magnetic flux in the magnetosphere by comparing the occurrence distribution of open flux observed at all times with that observed at the time of substorm onset. The open magnetic flux is measured in 12735 auroral images of the ionospheric polar cap from the IMAGE WIC detector. The probability of substorm onset is found to be negligible for fluxes below ~0.3 GWb, increases almost linearly until ~0.9 GWb, and is undefined above this. We also demonstrate that those substorms which show a clear particle injection signature at geosynchronous orbit, as measured by the LANL spacecraft, occur, on average, with higher values of open flux than those showing no activity. We discuss these results in the context of various hypotheses for substorm onset.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Boakes, P. D.;  British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK) ; AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK) ; AC(British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK) ; AD(British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK) ; AE(British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK) ; AF(Laboratory of Planetary and Atmospheric Physics, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Milan, S. E.
Abel, G. A.
Freeman, M. P.
Chisham, G.
Hubert, Benoît  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Language :
English
Title :
A statistical study of the open magnetic flux content of the magnetosphere at the time of substorm onset
Publication date :
01 February 2009
Journal title :
Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN :
0094-8276
eISSN :
1944-8007
Publisher :
Wiley, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Volume :
36
Pages :
04105
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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