Fast tailward flows in the plasma sheet boundary layer during a substorm on 9 March 2008: THEMIS observations

Details Fast tailward flows in the plasma sheet boundary layer during a substorm on 9 March 2008: THEMIS observations Fast tailward flows in the plasma sheet boundary layer during a substorm on 9 March 2008: THEMIS observations

Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11603216d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A3, CiteID A03216

Physics

Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Sheet, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (4305, 7954), Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral Phenomena (2407)

Scientific paper

Tailward flows in the plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL) were observed simultaneously by the five Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) probes at down-tail distances X ˜ 7.6 to ˜17.6 RE for ˜10 min during an interval of successive substorm intensification in a storm time on 9 March 2008. The flows first occurred close to Earth and then propagated along the magnetic field lines in the PSBL with a speed of ˜150-350 km s-1. We show that the occurrence of tailward flows is highly dependent on proximity to the plasma sheet boundary. Higher speeds occurred in the outer part of the PSBL, while either lower tailward speeds (or even earthward flows) were seen in the inner part of the PSBL. The tailward flow occurrence increased during magnetotail stretching and decreased or ceased during magnetic field dipolarizations. These PSBL tailward flows near the Earth can be understood as an outflow of the earthward flows that essentially empty the central plasma sheet. The tailward flows along the field line filled the void left behind by the dipolarization front.

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