Cusp observations during a sequence of fast IMF BZ reversals

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Cai, H. T., McCrea, I. W., Dunlop, M. W., Davies, J. A., Bogdanova, Y. V., Pitout, F., Milan, S. E., Lockwood, M., Ma, S. Y.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Newell; Svalbard; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-2721-2009; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/27/2721/2009/

In recent years, a large number of papers have reported the response of the cusp to solar wind variations under conditions of northward or southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) Z-component ( B Z ). These studies have shown the importance of both temporal and spatial factors in determining th...