The structure of a connected sequence of magnetospheric substorms

The structure of a sequence of four spatially and temporally connected magnetospheric substorms has been determined through the use of a set of mid-latitude magnetometer station data, an auroral zone magnetometer line data set, and the ATS-5 magnetometer record. In two of the substorms, two parallel westward electrojets were observed to develop during the initial part of the expansion phase. In another, the expansion phase consisted of the development of a westward electrojet westward and equatorward of the pre-existing current system.