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Kuwashima & Saito 1981
Kuwashima, M. and Saito, T. (1981). Spectral characteristics of magnetic Pi 2 pulsations in the auroral region and lower latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JA086iA06p04686. issn: 0148-0227.

The spectral characteristics of magnetic Pi2 pulsations are studied in detail using data obtained simultaneously over a wide latitudinal range from the auroral region (L = 7.5) through low latitudes (L = 1.8). Pi 2 is revealed to be observed almost simultaneously with the onset of a substorm expansion over the wide latitudinal range with the common predominant period. The Pi 2 amplitude shows a primary maximum at the auroral oval and an additional secondary maximum near the plasmapause. The Pi 2 period generally becomes shorter (longer) when the associated auroral breakup starts at lower (higher) latitudes. Pi 2 is also observed simultaneously at a pair of conjugate stations in the auroral region with similar waveforms. These observational results support the torsional oscillation model which suggests that Pi 2 is caused by the hydromagnetic torsional oscillations of the geomagnetic field line anchored on the auroral oval.

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