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Louarn, P., Fedorov, A., Budnik, E., Fruit, G., Sauvaud, J.A., Harvey, C.C., Dandouras, I., Rème, H., Dunlop, M.C. and Balogh, A. (2004). Cluster observations of complex 3D magnetic structures at the magnetopause. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020625. issn: 0094-8276. |
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On June 30, 2001, around 0530 UT, Cluster was moving along the magnetopause with spacecraft on both sides of the discontinuity. The configuration was 'quasi-ideal' with magnetic field and plasma flow almost aligned in the magnetosheath and nearly anti-parallel to the magnetospheric field. Cluster observed several perturbations with leading and trailing edges corresponding respectively to tangential and rotational discontinuities. They present a complex 3D topology, consistent with the inter-linking of flux tubes resulting from reconnections occurring at different sites. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies, Space Plasma Physics, Spacecraft/atmosphere interactions |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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