题名: The evolution of geomagnetotail magnetic flux in isolated substorms 作者: Yang, Y.Y. Shen, C. Rong, Z.J. Dunlop, M. Shen, X.H. Huang, J.P. Chen, Z.Q. 作者部门: 空间科学部
通讯作者: Yang, Y.Y. (youngyany@163.com)
刊名: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
ISSN号: 1364-6826
出版日期: 2017
卷号: 164, 页码: 163-171 收录类别: SCI
; EI
英文摘要: The magnetic field energy stored in geomagnetotail released during a substorm period, cause significant magnetic disturbance of the space environment. The quantitative relationship between the magnetic field energy and the level of substorm activity, however, is still unclear, although many studies have qualitatively revealed the correlation between them. Here, using data from four selected isolated substorm cases, the evolution of the magnetic flux (MF) in the magnetotail observed by Cluster is quantitatively surveyed. The results from the four cases demonstrate that the evolution of magnetotail MF is closely related to the phases of substorm development. For quiet time, the magnetotail is in the ground state with MF being about 0.6 GWb. During the growth phase, however, as the substorm develop the MF keeps increasing, the substorm onset is triggered when the MF has increased up to some threshold. The comparison between the four cases shows that the accumulation of more magnetic field energy corresponds to more released energy, and consistently, the more intense a substorm can be powered. The study also finds that there is an imbalance between the increased and decreased MF amplitude, indicating that the substorm may not be the only way to release the stored magnetotail energy. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd 语种: 英语
内容类型: 期刊论文
URI标识: http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/6026
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Yang, Y.Y.,Shen, C.,Rong, Z.J.,et al. The evolution of geomagnetotail magnetic flux in isolated substorms[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics,2017,164:163-171.
