Opening the cusp

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Mar 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....96.3497c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, March 1, 1991, p. 3497-3503. USAF-supported research.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetopause, Satellite Sounding, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Flux, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Models, Planetary Magnetospheres

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This paper discusses the magnetic field topology (determined by the superposition of dipole, image, and uniform fields) for mapping the cusp to the ionosphere. The model results are compared to both new and published observations and are then used to map the footprint of a flux transfer event caused by a time variation in the merging rate. It is shown that the cusp geometry distorts the field lines mapped from the magnetopause to yield footprints with dawn and dusk protrusions into the region of closed magnetic flux.

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