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| Titel |
Time scale of the largest imaginable magnetic storm |
| VerfasserIn |
V. M. Vasyliūnas  |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1023-5809
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| Erschienen |
In: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ; 20, no. 1 ; Nr. 20, no. 1 (2013-01-08), S.19-23 |
| Datensatznummer |
250017724
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/npg-20-19-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The depression of the horizontal magnetic field at Earth's equator for the
largest imaginable magnetic storm has been estimated (Vasyliūnas, 2011a)
as −Dst ~ 2500 nT, from
the assumption that the total pressure in the magnetosphere (plasma plus magnetic
field perturbation) is limited, in order of magnitude, by the minimum pressure
of Earth's dipole field at the location of each flux tube. The obvious
related question is how long it would take the solar wind to supply the energy
content of this largest storm. The maximum rate of energy input from
the solar wind to the magnetosphere can be evaluated on the basis either of magnetotail stress
balance or of polar cap potential saturation, giving an estimate of the
time required to build up the largest storm, which (for solar-wind and
magnetospheric parameter values typical of observed superstorms) is roughly
between ~2 and ~6 h. |
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