THEMIS Update and a Review of the Science Behind Magnetometer Signatures
By Laura Peticolas

2. Outline

3. Satellites Update

4. Ground-based Update

5. Earth’s magnetic fields

6. Magnetic Field Strength

7. Coordinate Systems

8. Geomagnetic (GEONS)

9. Compass-type (HDZ)

10. The GEONS Data

11. Earth’s Magnetic Field

12. Different Latitudes

13. Magnetosphere

14. Magnetosphere currents

15. Solar Wind (SW)

16. Effects of Ring Current on the Mag Data

17. Auroral Currents

18. Magnetic signatures of auroral substorms

19. Kp Index

20. Kp Index = 1

21. Kp Index = 7

22. Space Weather Effects

23. Storm and Substorms

24. THEMIS will determine which competing model is correct

25. Daytime (Sq) Currents

26. Ionosphere Effects
 
 
 
THEMIS will determine which competing
model is correct
THEMIS will elucidate which magnetotail process is responsible for substorm onset:
  • At 60,000 km, a sudden disruption of electrical current can occur, known as "Current Disruption." YOUR MAGNETOMETER MAY BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE CURRENT DISRUPTION SIGNATURE – Next Year’s science
  • At 120,000 km, a sudden merging of oppositely pointed magnetic fields can occur, known as "Magnetic Reconnection."

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