Martian low‐altitude magnetic topology deduced from MAVEN/SWEA observations

S Xu, D Mitchell, M Liemohn, X Fang… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission has obtained comprehensive
particle and magnetic field measurements. The Solar Wind Electron Analyzer provides …

Evolution of Kelvin‐Helmholtz activity on the dusk flank magnetopause

C Foullon, CJ Farrugia, AN Fazakerley… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Our purpose is to characterize the evolution of the magnetopause Kelvin‐Helmholtz (KH)
wave activity with changes in thickness of the adjacent boundary layer, geomagnetic latitude …

Plasma sheet formation during long period of northward IMF

W Li, J Raeder, J Dorelli, M Øieroset… - Geophysical research …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied the entry paths of solar wind plasma into the magnetosphere during an
extended period of northward IMF using an OpenGGCM MHD simulation of the cold dense …

Global cooling and densification of the plasma sheet during an extended period of purely northward IMF on October 22–24, 2003

M Øieroset, J Raeder, TD Phan, S Wing… - Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The October 22–24, 2003 interplanetary magnetic cloud was characterized by an
exceptionally long interval (∼ 32 hours) of nearly purely northward interplanetary magnetic …

Sources, transport, and distributions of plasma sheet ions and electrons and dependences on interplanetary parameters under northward interplanetary magnetic field

CP Wang, LR Lyons, T Nagai… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We have investigated the Geotail data statistically to understand the particle sources,
transport, and spatial distributions of the plasma sheet ions and electrons of different …

Solar wind plasma entry into the magnetosphere under northward IMF conditions

W Li, J Raeder, MF Thomsen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines how solar wind plasma enters the magnetosphere under northward
interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions, using the Open Geospace General …

Ionospheric and solar wind contributions to the storm‐time near‐earth plasma sheet

LM Kistler - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The storm‐time ring current is formed by the inward convection of the near‐earth plasma
sheet, so understanding the changing source of the plasma sheet is key for understanding …

Evolution of plasma sheet particle content under different interplanetary magnetic field conditions

CP Wang, LR Lyons, T Nagai… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We have statistically analyzed Geotail data to investigate the processes that result in a
plasma sheet that is denser under a prolonged northward than southward interplanetary …

Hybrid simulation of mode conversion at the magnetopause

Y Lin, JR Johnson, XY Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐dimensional hybrid simulations are used to investigate how fast‐mode compressional
waves incident on a magnetopause current layer mode convert both linearly and nonlinearly …

Cold dense magnetopause boundary layer under northward IMF: Results from THEMIS and MHD simulations

W Li, J Raeder, M Øieroset… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A layer of nearly stagnant cold dense plasma is observed by THEMIS spacecraft in a closed
field region immediately inside the dayside magnetopause near the low‐latitude boundary …