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Man, through intensive observations of natural phenomena, has learned about some of the basic principles which govern nature. The aurora is one of the most fascinating of these natural phenomena, and by studying it, man has just begun to comprehend auroral phenomena in terms of basic cosmic electrodynamic processes. The systematic and extensive observation of the aurora during and after the great international enterprise, the International Geophysical Year (lGY), led to the concept of the auroral substorm. Like many other geophysical phenomena, auroral displays have a dual time (universal- and local-time) dependence when seen by a ground-based observer. Thus, it was a difficult task for single observers, rotating with the Earth once a day, to grasp a transient feature of a large-scale auroral display. Such a complexity is inevitable in studying many geophysical features, in particular the polar upper atmospheric phenomena. However, it was found that their complexity began to unfold when the concept of the auroral substorm was introduced. In a book entitled Polar and Magnetospheric Substorms, the predecesΒ sor to this book, I tried to describe the auroral phenomena as completely as possible in terms of the concept of the auroral substorm. At that time, the first satellite observations of particles and magnetic fields during substorms were just becoming available, and it was suggested that the auroral sub storm is a manifestation of a magnetospheric phenomenon called the magnetospheric substorm.
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Open Magnetosphere and the Auroral Oval....Pages 13-70
Auroras and Auroral Particles....Pages 71-136
Distribution of Plasmas in the Magnetosphere....Pages 137-189
Responses of the Magnetosphere to Interplanetary Disturbances....Pages 190-262
Magnetospheric Substorms: Introduction....Pages 263-299
Magnetotail Phenomena during Magnetospheric Substorms....Pages 300-380
Magnetospheric Currents during Substorms....Pages 381-472
Penetrating Convection Electric Field, Plasma Injection and Plasmasphere Disturbances....Pages 473-547
Solar-Terrestrial Relations and Magnetospheric Substorms....Pages 548-587
Back Matter....Pages 588-603
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
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<p>It has become increasingly clear that the magnetosphere becomes intermittently unstable and explosively releases a large amount of energy into the polar upper atmosΒ phere. This particular magnetospheric phenomenon is called the magnetospheric subΒ storm. It is manifested as an activity or distur
The magnetosphere is the region where cosmic rays and the solar wind interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating such phenomena as the northern lights and other aurorae. The configuration and dynamics of the magnetosphere are of interest to planetary physicists, geophysicists, plasma astrophy
The magnetosphere is the region where cosmic rays and the solar wind interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating such phenomena as the northern lights and other aurorae. The configuration and dynamics of the magnetosphere are of interest to planetary physicists, geophysicists, plasma astrophy
Early in 1958, instruments on the space satellites Explorer I and Explorer III revealed the presence of radiation belts, enormous populations of energetic particles trapped in the magnetic field of the earth. Originally published in 1983 but long out of print, "Origins of Magnetospheric Physics" tel