Substorm Dynamics

Key issues:

• Correlation of solar wind input power with geomagnetic activity.
  
• Driven Response versus loading-unloading of stored energy.
  
• External or Internal trigger.
  
• Intrinsic limits on predictability.

Points Enumerated in Key Refs:

• Baker, Klimas, Pulkkinen, and McPherron, Adv. Space Res. 12, 75 (1993).
  
• Akasofu, EOS 75, May 31, 1994.
  
• Lyons, JGR 101, 13011 (1996).