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Need for a three‐dimensional analysis of magnetic fields in the magnetotail during substorms
Author(s) -
Akasofu S. I.,
Lui A. T .Y.,
Meng Ching I.,
Haurwitz Marion
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl005i004p00283
Subject(s) - substorm , noon , physics , geophysics , midnight , magnetosphere , magnetic field , plane (geometry) , field (mathematics) , interplanetary magnetic field , solar wind , computational physics , astrophysics , atmospheric sciences , astronomy , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
It is shown that in the vicinity of the midplane of the magnetotail the B y component and the B z component (in solar‐magnetospheric coordinates) of the magnetic field during substorms are usually comparable and often vary systematically together. Thus, the usual practice of representing the substorm configuration of the field as lying entirely in the noon‐midnight plane may be misleading.