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

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Lockwood, M., Moen, J., van Eyken, A. P., Davies, J. A., Oksavik, K., McCrea, I. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2005
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Moen; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-3495-2005; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00033663; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00033617/angeo-23-3495-2005.pdf; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/23/3495/2005/angeo-23-3495-2005.pdf

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 ion and electron temper...