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Chen et al. 2000
Chen, G.X., Lin, Y. and Cable, S. (2000). Generation of traveling convection vortices and field-aligned currents in the magnetosphere by response to an interplanetary tangential discontinuity. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/2000GL003807. issn: 0094-8276.

Three-dimensional global magnetohydrodynamic simulations are conducted to study the response of the magnetosheath and the magnetosphere to an interplanetary tangential discontinuity (TD), across which the plasma density increases. A fast mode wave and a transmitted TD are generated in the magnetosheath by the interaction between the interplanetary TD and the bow shock. These waves further propagate and disturb the dayside magnetosphere. The fast mode compressional wave propagates downstream out of the dayside region in about 1 minute. The pressure enhancement associated with the transmitted TD later compresses the magnetopause significantly for several minutes. The generation of traveling convection vortices, shear Alfv¿n waves, and the associated field-aligned currents (FACs) in the dayside magnetosphere by these pressure pulses is identified in the simulation. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Numerical modeling, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Discontinuities
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Geophysical Research Letters
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