Direct auroral precipitation from the magnetotail during substorms
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relation between magnetotail variations and auroral activities during substorms
the interaction between the solar wind and the earth’s magnetosphere results in the transport of magnetic flux into the magnetotail and to avoid a continued buildup in the tail, there is a return convection of magnetic flux from the magnetotail into the night-side dipole-like region and from there to the day-side. since there is energetic plasma with this magnetic flux, hence electric currents ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50635