Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations
International audience We present EISCAT Svalbard Radar and DMSP observations of a double cusp during an interval of predominantly northward IMF on 26 November 2000. In the cusp region, the ESR dish, pointing northward, recorded sun-ward ionospheric flow at high latitudes (above 82° GL), indicating...
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ftutoulouse3hal:oai:HAL:hal-00329273v1 2024-09-15T18:04:29+00:00 Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations Pitout, F. Newell, P. T. Buchert, S. C. Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna (IRF) Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD (APL) 2002 https://hal.science/hal-00329273 https://hal.science/hal-00329273/document https://hal.science/hal-00329273/file/angeo-20-1311-2002.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00329273 https://hal.science/hal-00329273 https://hal.science/hal-00329273/document https://hal.science/hal-00329273/file/angeo-20-1311-2002.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00329273 Annales Geophysicae, 2002, 20 (9), pp.1311-1320 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2002 ftutoulouse3hal 2024-06-25T00:12:06Z International audience We present EISCAT Svalbard Radar and DMSP observations of a double cusp during an interval of predominantly northward IMF on 26 November 2000. In the cusp region, the ESR dish, pointing northward, recorded sun-ward ionospheric flow at high latitudes (above 82° GL), indicating reconnection occuring in the magnetospheric lobe. Meanwhile, the same dish also recorded bursts of poleward flow, indicative of bursty reconnection at the subsolar magnetopause. Within this time interval, the DMSP F13 satellite passed in the close vicinity of the Svalbard archipelago. The particle measurement on board exhibited a double cusp structure in which two oppositely oriented ion dispersions are recorded. We interpret this set of data in terms of simultaneous merging at low- and high-latitude magnetopause. We discuss the conditions for which such simultaneous high-latitude and low-latitude reconnection can be anticipated. We also discuss the consequences of the presence of two X-lines in the dayside polar ionosphere. Key words. Magnetospheric physics (solar wind-magnetosphere interactions) – Ionosphere (polar ionosphere; plasma convection) Article in Journal/Newspaper EISCAT Svalbard Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
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International audience We present EISCAT Svalbard Radar and DMSP observations of a double cusp during an interval of predominantly northward IMF on 26 November 2000. In the cusp region, the ESR dish, pointing northward, recorded sun-ward ionospheric flow at high latitudes (above 82° GL), indicating reconnection occuring in the magnetospheric lobe. Meanwhile, the same dish also recorded bursts of poleward flow, indicative of bursty reconnection at the subsolar magnetopause. Within this time interval, the DMSP F13 satellite passed in the close vicinity of the Svalbard archipelago. The particle measurement on board exhibited a double cusp structure in which two oppositely oriented ion dispersions are recorded. We interpret this set of data in terms of simultaneous merging at low- and high-latitude magnetopause. We discuss the conditions for which such simultaneous high-latitude and low-latitude reconnection can be anticipated. We also discuss the consequences of the presence of two X-lines in the dayside polar ionosphere. Key words. Magnetospheric physics (solar wind-magnetosphere interactions) – Ionosphere (polar ionosphere; plasma convection) |
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Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna (IRF) Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD (APL) |
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Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations |
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Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations |
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Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations |
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Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations |
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Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations |
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simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: esr and dmsp observations |
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ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00329273 Annales Geophysicae, 2002, 20 (9), pp.1311-1320 |
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