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dc.contributor.authorToledo-Redondo, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorHwang, Kyoung-Joo
dc.contributor.authorEscoubet, C. P.
dc.contributor.authorLavraud, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorFornieles, J.
dc.contributor.authorAunai, N.
dc.contributor.authorFear, R.C.
dc.contributor.authorDargent, J.
dc.contributor.authorFu, Huishan
dc.contributor.authorFuselier, Stephen A.
dc.contributor.authorGenestreti, K.J.
dc.contributor.authorKhotyaintsev, Yuri V.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Wenya
dc.contributor.authorNorgren, Astrid Elisabet Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorPhan, Tai D.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T14:21:41Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T14:21:41Z
dc.date.created2022-02-04T12:35:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2169-9380
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984736
dc.description.abstractIn-situ spacecraft missions are powerful assets to study processes that occur in space plasmas. One of their main limitations, however, is extrapolating such local measurements to the global scales of the system. To overcome this problem at least partially, multi-point measurements can be used. There are several multi-spacecraft missions currently operating in the Earth's magnetosphere, and the simultaneous use of the data collected by them provides new insights into the large-scale properties and evolution of magnetospheric plasma processes. In this work, we focus on studying the Earth's magnetopause (MP) using a conjunction between the Magnetospheric Multiscale and Cluster fleets, when both missions skimmed the MP for several hours at distant locations during radial interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions. The observed MP positions as a function of the evolving solar wind conditions are compared to model predictions of the MP. We observe an inflation of the magnetosphere (∼0.7 RE), consistent with magnetosheath pressure decrease during radial IMF conditions, which is less pronounced on the flank (urn:x-wiley:21699380:media:jgra56856:jgra56856-math-00010.2 RE). There is observational evidence of magnetic reconnection in the subsolar region for the whole encounter, and in the dusk flank for the last portion of the encounter, suggesting that reconnection was extending more than 15 RE. However, reconnection jets were not always observed, suggesting that reconnection was patchy, intermittent or both. Shear flows reduce the reconnection rate up to ∼30% in the dusk flank according to predictions, and the plasma β enhancement in the magnetosheath during radial IMF favors reconnection suppression by the diamagnetic drift.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleSolar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling During Radial Interplanetary Magnetic Field Conditions: Simultaneous Multi-Point Observationsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021. The Authorsen_US
dc.source.articlenumbere2021JA029506en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2021JA029506
dc.identifier.cristin1997784
dc.source.journalJournal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physicsen_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2021, 126 (11), e2021JA029506.en_US
dc.source.volume126en_US
dc.source.issue11en_US


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