Global and local Joule heating during substorms in St. Patrick’s Day 2015 geomagnetic storm

Abstract The first super storm of solar cycle 24 occurred on “St. Patrick’s Day” (17 March 2015), with a minimum Dst level of − 223 nT. Five major substorms in this super storm were selected, with minimum values of local electrojet index (IL) ranging from − 1662 to − 673 nT. The selected substorms a...

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Main Authors: K. J. Suji, P. R. Prince
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0940-3