Motion of the dayside polar cap boundary during substorm cycles: I. Observations of pulses in the magnetopause reconnection rate

• Main Authors: Lockwood, M., Moen, J., van Eyken, A. P., Davies, J. A., Oksavik, K., Mccrea, I. W.
• Other Authors: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Department of Physics Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo, University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), EISCAT Headquarters
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Moen; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00318070; https://hal.science/hal-00318070/document; https://hal.science/hal-00318070/file/angeo-23-3495-2005.pdf

International audience Using data from the EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter) VHF radar and DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) spacecraft passes, we study the motion of the dayside open-closed field line boundary during two substorm cycles. The satellite data show that the motions of...