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Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling during intense magnetic storms (1978-1979)The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling problem during intense magnetic storms was investigated for ten intense magnetic storm events occurring between August 16, 1978 to December 28, 1979. Particular attention was given to the dependence of the ring current energization on the ISEE-measured solar-wind parameters and the evolution of the ring current during the main phase of the intense storms. Several coupling functions were tested as energy input, and several sets of the ring current decay time-constant were searched for the best correlation with the Dst response. Results indicate that a large-scale magnetopause reconnection operates during an intense storm event and that the solar wind ram pressure plays an important role in the energization of the ring current.
Document ID
19890058245
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Gonzalez, Walter D.
(Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
Gonzalez, Alicia L. C.
(Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
Tsurutani, Bruce T.
(Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
Smith, Edward J.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Tang, Frances
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 94
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
89A45616
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: FINEP-CT/537
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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