The Boundary Layer in Transition: Structural Dependence On IMF Orientation

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufmsm11c..01l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SM11C-01

Physics

2724 Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, 2736 Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2784 Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions

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We examine a very slow boundary layer crossing made by the Cluster spacecraft on December 7, 2000. During the crossing the IMF rotated from due south to due north in a discontinuous fashion. Evidence from Cluster shows that the boundary layer changes from an open, reconnection-driven configuration to a closed, Kelvin-Helmholtz-driven configuration. Using simultaneous data from ground-based radars and from FAST as well as from Cluster, we investigate the changes in the convection pattern, the destabilization of the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism, and the response of the boundary layer to discontinuous changes in solar wind and IMF.

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