Cluster-II Multi-Spacecraft Observations of Continuous Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause under Steady IMF Conditions

Details Cluster-II Multi-Spacecraft Observations of Continuous Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause under Steady IMF Conditions Cluster-II Multi-Spacecraft Observations of Continuous Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause under Steady IMF Conditions

Dec 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsm12c..04p&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SM12C-04

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2724 Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection

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We use data from the Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) and magnetic field (FGM) experiments to survey Cluster-II crossings of the dayside magnetopause. The focus of this presentation is on the detection by consecutive spacecraft of accelerated flows at the dayside magnetopause under steady IMF conditions. The agreement between the observed flow acceleration and reconnection theory is better than 95% in many events, indicating that these flows are produced by reconnection. The detection of reconnection jets by consecutive spacecraft crossing the magnetopause implies that reconnection occurs continuously over an extended period of time. Furthermore, the observed flow direction tends to be steady during the same period of time, indicating the presence of a stable reconnection line across the dayside magnetopause. Our observations thus suggest that reconnection is continuous and well-organized, rather than patchy and random, under steady IMF conditions

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