Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Solar wind driving and magnetospheric preconditioning during omega band substorm eventsVivian Cribb · Tuija Pulkkinen · Larry Kepko · Bea Gallardo-Lacourt · Robert McPherron · James Weygand · Xiangning ChuFrontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciencesdoi 10.3389/fspas.2026.1953664