Solar wind discontinuity - Magnetosphere interactions observed by INTERBALL-1 and GEOTAIL: IACG campaign #2

Hideaki Kawano, S. Savin, A. T.Y. Lui, M. Fujimoto, S. Kokubun, T. Mukai, T. Yamamoto, Y. Saito, S. Romanov, M. Nozdrachev, Yu Yermolaev

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Abstract

In this paper, as a part of IACG Campaign #2, we present a multi-satellite study of an event in which solar wind discontinuities encountered the magnetosphere. The observations are consistent with local reconnection between the flank magnetosphere and a solar wind region sandwiched by two discontinuities. Draping of the interplanetary magnetic field onto the magnetosphere is important in causing favorable conditions for the reconnection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1405-1409
Number of pages5
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume25
Issue number7-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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