“…The terrestrial equatorial oval is associated with magnetospheric current disruption, while the poleward auroral oval is associated with the open‐closed magnetic field line boundary, where magnetic reconnection takes place. Coordinated remote observations of auroras and in situ measurements in the magnetosphere show direct connections between auroral intensification and magnetic reconnection (Borg et al., 2007; Fuselier et al., 2007; Matar et al., 2020; Øieroset et al., 1997; Phan et al., 2003; Sergeev et al., 2019; Varsani et al., 2017). Although terrestrial substorms are traditionally caused by magnetospheric current disruption (Lui, 1996), reconnection may directly drive pseudo‐breakup substorms (Pu et al., 2010).…”