Coordinated Cluster and ground-based instrument observations of transient changes in the magnetopause boundary layer during an interval of predominantly northward IMF: relation to reconnection pulses and FTE signatures

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: M. Lockwood, A. Fazakerley, H. Opgenoorth, J. Moen, A. P. van Eyken, M. Dunlop, J.-M. Bosqued, G. Lu, C. Cully, P. Eglitis, I. W. McCrea, M. A. Hapgood, M. N. Wild, R. Stamper, W. Denig, M. Taylor, J. A. Wild, G. Provan, O. Amm, K. Kauristie, T. Pulkkinen, A. Strømme, P. Prikryl, F. Pitout, A. Balogh, H. Rème, R. Behlke, T. Hansen, R. Greenwald, H. Frey, S. K. Morley, D. Alcaydé, P.-L. Blelly, E. Donovan, M. Engebretson, M. Lester, J. Watermann, M. F. Marcucci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2001
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Lockwood; Svalbard; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-19-1613-2001; https://doaj.org/article/e5feba8796bc4cb4baca14f8a77b5717

We study a series of transient entries into the low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) of all four Cluster spacecraft during an outbound pass through the mid-afternoon magnetopause ( [ XGSM, YGSM, ZGSM ] ≈ [ 2, 7, 9 ] R E ). The events take place during an interval of northward IMF, as seen in the data...