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Magnetospheric Substorm

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Polar and Magnetospheric Substorms

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We have learned in the preceding chapters of the various manifestations of the magnetospheric substorm in the polar upper atmosphere, as well as in the magnetosphere. As a first step toward understanding the basic processes involved in the magnetospheric substorm, these manifestations may be interpreted in terms of the changing distribution and intensity of electric fields and particle fluxes in the magnetosphere.

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Akasofu, SI. (1968). Magnetospheric Substorm. In: Polar and Magnetospheric Substorms. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3461-6_10

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