Occurrence of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles during Intense Magnetic Storms

<table>Epoch analysis of the Dst index during 22 intense magnetic storms. The dot in each storm case represents the time of the first detection of equatorial plasma density depletions (plasma bubbles) by a DMSP satellite in the evening sector.</table>

International Journal of Geophysics

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Figure 5: Occurrence of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles during Intense Magnetic Storms 