Overview
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J. L. Burch
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Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, USA
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V. Angelopoulos
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Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
This is the first mission to specifically research where and how substorms begin
First multi-probe mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere and substorms
Only collection of papers describing the THEMIS mission and its instruments
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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- J. L. Burch, V. Angelopoulos
Pages 1-3
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- D. G. Sibeck, V. Angelopoulos
Pages 35-59
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- S. Frey, V. Angelopoulos, M. Bester, J. Bonnell, T. Phan, D. Rummel
Pages 61-89
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- M. Bester, M. Lewis, B. Roberts, J. McDonald, D. Pease, J. Thorsness et al.
Pages 91-115
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- P. Harvey, E. Taylor, R. Sterling, M. Cully
Pages 117-152
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- E. Taylor, P. Harvey, M. Ludlam, P. Berg, R. Abiad, D. Gordon
Pages 153-169
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- M. Ludlam, V. Angelopoulos, E. Taylor, R. C. Snare, J. D. Means, Y. S. Ge et al.
Pages 171-184
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- David Auslander, Joshua Cermenska, Gregory Dalton, Mauricio de la Pena, C. K. H. Dharan, William Donokowski et al.
Pages 185-211
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- S. E. Harris, S. B. Mende, V. Angelopoulos, W. Rachelson, E. Donovan, B. Jackel et al.
Pages 213-233
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- H. U. Auster, K. H. Glassmeier, W. Magnes, O. Aydogar, W. Baumjohann, D. Constantinescu et al.
Pages 235-264
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- A. Roux, O. Le Contel, C. Coillot, A. Bouabdellah, B. de la Porte, D. Alison et al.
Pages 265-275
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- J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, D. Larson, M. Ludlam, R. Abiad, B. Elliott et al.
Pages 277-302
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- J. W. Bonnell, F. S. Mozer, G. T. Delory, A. J. Hull, R. E. Ergun, C. M. Cully et al.
Pages 303-341
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- C. M. Cully, R. E. Ergun, K. Stevens, A. Nammari, J. Westfall
Pages 343-355
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- S. B. Mende, S. E. Harris, H. U. Frey, V. Angelopoulos, C. T. Russell, E. Donovan et al.
Pages 357-387
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- C. T. Russell, P. J. Chi, D. J. Dearborn, Y. S. Ge, B. Kuo-Tiong, J. D. Means et al.
Pages 389-412
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- I. R. Mann, D. K. Milling, I. J. Rae, L. G. Ozeke, A. Kale, Z. C. Kale et al.
Pages 413-451
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- V. Angelopoulos, D. Sibeck, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, D. Larson, R. P. Lin et al.
Pages 453-476
About this book
J.L. Burch·V. Angelopoulos Originally published in the journal Space Science Reviews, Volume 141, Nos 1–4, 1–3. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9474-5 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 The Earth, like all the other planets, is continuously bombarded by the solar wind, which is variable on many time scales owing to its connection to the activity of the Sun. But the Earth is unique among planets because its atmosphere, magnetic eld, and rotation rates are each signi cant, though not dominant, players in the formation of its magnetosphere and its reaction to solar-wind inputs. An intriguing fact is that no matter what the time scale of solar-wind variations, the Earth’s response has a de nite pattern lasting a few hours. Known as a magnetospheric substorm, the response involves a build-up, a crash, and a recovery. The build-up (known as the growth phase) occurs because of an interlinking of the geom- netic eld and the solar-wind magnetic eld known as magnetic reconnection, which leads to storage of increasing amounts of magnetic energy and stress in the tail of the mag- tosphere and lasts about a half hour. The crash (known as the expansion phase) occurs when the increased magnetic energy and stresses are impulsively relieved, the current system that supports the stretched out magnetic tail is diverted into the ionosphere, and bright, dynamic displays of the aurora appear in the upper atmosphere. The expansion and subsequent rec- ery phases result from a second magnetic reconnection event that decouples the solar-wind and geomagnetic elds.
Editors and Affiliations
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Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, USA
J. L. Burch
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Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
V. Angelopoulos
