Initiation of ballooning instability in the near-Earth plasma sheet prior to the 23 March 2007 THEMIS substorm expansion onset

In this work, we analyze the ballooning stability of the near-Earth plasma sheet prior to the initial expansion onset of the 23 March 2007 THEMIS substorm event. Using solar wind data from WIND satellite observation for the substorm event as an input at dayside, we reconstructed a sequence of gl...

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Main Authors: P. Zhu, J. Raeder, K. Germaschewski, C. C. Hegna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-03-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/27/1129/2009/angeo-27-1129-2009.pdf