Explosive magnetotail activity

M Sitnov, J Birn, B Ferdousi, E Gordeev… - Space science …, 2019 - Springer
Modes and manifestations of the explosive activity in the Earth's magnetotail, as well as its
onset mechanisms and key pre-onset conditions are reviewed. Two mechanisms for the …

Physical processes of meso-scale, dynamic auroral forms

C Forsyth, VA Sergeev, MG Henderson… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Meso-scale auroral forms, such as poleward boundary intensifications, streamers, omega
bands, beads and giant undulations, are manifestations of dynamic processes in the …

Rainbow of the night: First direct observation of a SAR arc evolving into STEVE

C Martinis, I Griffin, B Gallardo‐Lacourt… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During the 17 March 2015 geomagnetic storm, citizen scientist observations from Dunedin
(45.95° S, 170.32° E), New Zealand, revealed a bright wide red arc known as stable auroral …

Simultaneous global ionospheric disturbances associated with penetration electric fields during intense and minor solar and geomagnetic disturbances

SR Zhang, Y Nishimura, J Vierinen… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new observational phenomenon, named Simultaneous Global Ionospheric Density
Disturbance (SGD), is identified in GNSS total electron content (TEC) data during periods of …

Small‐scale irregularities within polarization jet/SAID during geomagnetic activity

AA Sinevich, AA Chernyshov… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We study the spatial structure of a polarization jet/Sub‐Auroral Ion Drift (PJ/SAID) based on
data from the NorSat‐1 and Swarm satellites during a geomagnetic storm. Observations of …

The evolving paradigm of the subauroral geospace

EV Mishin - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
An assessment of the status quo of fast subauroral flows—subauroral ion drifts (SAID) and
subauroral polarization streams (SAPS), is presented. For a few decades, their development …

A statistical analysis of STEVE

B Gallardo‐Lacourt, Y Nishimura… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There has been an exciting recent development in auroral research associated with the
discovery of a new subauroral phenomenon called STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission …

SAPS in the 17 March 2013 storm event: Initial results from the coupled magnetosphere‐ionosphere‐thermosphere model

D Lin, W Wang, WA Scales, K Pham… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Subauroral polarization stream (SAPS) is latitudinally narrow flow channels of large
westward plasma drifts in the subauroral ionosphere. In this study, the global structure and …

Multiscale dynamics in the high‐latitude ionosphere

Y Nishimura, Y Deng, LR Lyons… - Ionosphere …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews recent findings of multi‐scale structures and dynamics in the high‐
latitude ionosphere, particularly on meso‐scale (10s‐100s km) processes, as well as their …

Magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling between north‐south propagating streamers and high‐speed earthward flows

JM Weygand, J Bortnik, X Chu, X Cao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling between the high‐speed earthward flows and the
north‐south oriented streamers in the ionosphere has been discussed for decades, but to …