Abstract Long duration waves in the Pi 2 frequency band (6.7 – 22 mHz) were observed by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) Magnetometer Network during a set of substorms previously analyzed by Hones et al. For these events, Hones et al. found that on the order of 1 hour after the expansive phase onset of a substorm, there was a sudden appearance of riometer absorption observed at South Pole Station (magnetic latitude about -75°) and a reappearance of the plasma sheet as observed in 6-keV electrons by ISEE 1 and 2 satellites at a distance of 15 to 20 Re in the magnetotail. The wave activity observed at the AFGL stations during these events diminished significantly at approximately the time of the plasma sheet recovery or riometer increase. One explanation for the long duration of these waves is that following substorm onset they are continuously generated in a near-tail reconnection region and then decay when the neutral line moves tailward during the substorm recovery phase.


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    Title :

    Multipoint measurements from substorm onset to recovery: The relation between magnetic pulsations and plasma sheet thickening


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 8 , 9-10 ; 443-446


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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