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: Lockwood, M., Fazakerley, A., Opgenoorth, H., Moen, J., van Eyken, A. P., Dunlop, M., Bosqued, J. M., Lu, G., Cully, C., Eglitis, P., McCrea, I. W., Hapgood, M. A., Wild, M. N., Stamper, R., Denig, W., Taylor, M., Wild, J. A., Provan, G., Amm, O., Kauristie, K., Pulkkinen, T., Stromme, A., Prikryl, P., Pitout, F., Balogh, A., Reme, H., Behlke, R., Hansen, T., Greenwald, R., Frey, H., Morley, S. K., Alcayde, D., Blelly, P. L., Donovan, E., Engebretson, M., Lester, Mark, Watermann, J., Marcucci, M. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU), Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Geology; magnetospheric physics; magnetopause; cusp and boundary layers; magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions; solar wind-magnetosphere interactions; FLUX-TRANSFER EVENTS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD; PARTICLE-PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; CONVECTION ELECTRIC-FIELDS; ACCELERATED FLOW EVENTS; LOW-ALTITUDE SATELLITE; DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE; ION PRECIPITATION; UNEXPECTED FEATURES; BIRKELAND CURRENTS; Birkeland; Lockwood; Svalbard; EISCAT
• Online Access: http://www.ann-geophys.net/19/1613/2001/; http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37309; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-19-1613-2001

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 ] RE). The events take place during an interval of northward IMF, as seen in the data fr...