auroral substorm

auroral substorm

[ə′rȯr·əl ′səb‚stȯrm]
(geophysics)
A characteristic sequence of auroral intensifications and movements occurring around midnight, in which a rapid poleward movement of auroral arcs produces a bulge in the auroral oval.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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