The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST

Details The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST

Dec 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agufmsm12a0480l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #SM12A-0480

Physics

2704 Auroral Phenomena (2407), 2724 Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, 2728 Magnetosheath, 2764 Plasma Sheet

Scientific paper

We examine a Cluster-FAST near magnetic conjunction in the duskside low latitude boundary layer (LLBL). Cluster was in the LLBL for an extended period, chasing the magnetopause during a recovery from a pressure pulse. During much of this crossing, Cluster observed ions of ionospheric origin flowing tailward at speeds near the solar wind velocity of ~ 400~km/s. Simultaneously, FAST detected several energy-dispersed ion injections and a magnetosheath-like population at about 1700 magnetic local time. Upflowing ions observed equatorward of the conjunction by FAST may be the source of the heavy ion tailward flows observed by Cluster. We speculate as to the location and possible motion of the reconnection site. Implications of these observations for coupling between the LLBL and the ionosphere are discussed.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Duskside Low Latitude Boundary Layer as Seen with Cluster and FAST will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1438286