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magnetospheric substorm

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magnetospheric substorm [mag′nēd·ə‚sfir·ik ′səb‚stȯrm]
(geophysics)
A disturbance of particles and magnetic fields in the magnetosphere; occurs intermittently, lasts 1 to 3 hours, and is accompanied by various phenomena sensible from the earth's surface, such as intense auroral displays and magnetic disturbances, particularly in the nightside polar regions.
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Extrapolating this mechanism to the terrestrial magnetosphere, Kronberg and colleagues propose that under certain conditions, periodic magnetospheric substorms at Earth may be driven internally by plasma eroded from the plasmasphere, a region of Earth's magnetosphere.
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