Low-latitude dusk flank magnetosheath, magnetopause, and boundary layer for low magnetic shear: Wind observations

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (A9) ◽  
pp. 19883-19895 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Phan ◽  
D. Larson ◽  
J. McFadden ◽  
R. P. Lin ◽  
C. Carlson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Magnetic Shear

Energetic Particle Observations in the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (A6) ◽  
pp. 5097 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Williams ◽  
D. G. Mitchell ◽  
T. E. Eastman ◽  
L. A. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Energetic Particle ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Low Latitude Boundary Layer

scholarly journals Double Star TC-1 observations of component reconnection at the dayside magnetopause: a preliminary study

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2889-2895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Y. Pu ◽  
C. J. Xiao ◽  
X. G. Zhang ◽  
Z. Y. Huang ◽  
S. Y. Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Double Star ◽  
Flow Reversal ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Magnetic Shear ◽  
Guide Field ◽  
Dayside Magnetopause ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Reconnection Site ◽  
Quadrupolar Field

Abstract. In spring 2004 Double Star TC-1 measured a number of reconnection signatures at the dayside low-latitude magnetopause (MP) when there was a notable By component in the magnetosheath. In a number of events we can show that reconnection was operating nearby TC-1 in the subsolar MP region. In this paper we describe three representative events: (a) event on 21 March 2004 in which the reconnection site can be remotely monitored, the spacecraft was passing by the X-line; (b) event on 12 March 2004 in which TC-1 observed the magnetospheric part of the quadrupolar field, together with a consistent flow reversal; (c) event on 26 March 2004 which occurred for northward IMF, TC-1 observed a reversal of vy across the equatorial MP. In these events the shear angles across the MP were considerably smaller than 180°; a noticeable guide field was present. These observations are consistent with near equatorial component merging, suggesting that component reconnection preferably occurs at the dayside low-latitude MP. There is evidence that when a pronounced magnetic shear across the MP exists in the By component, reconnection may operate at the dayside low-latitude MP for northward IMF Bz.

scholarly journals Laboratory experiment on region-1 field-aligned current and its origin in the low-latitude boundary layer

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 035017 ◽  
Author(s):  
I F Shaikhislamov ◽  
Yu P Zakharov ◽  
V G Posukh ◽  
E L Boyarintsev ◽  
A V Melekhov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Field Aligned Current ◽  
Low Latitude Boundary Layer
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