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The Role Of The Bow Shock In Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling, R E. Lopez, V G. Merkin, J G. Lyon Jun 2011

The Role Of The Bow Shock In Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling, R E. Lopez, V G. Merkin, J G. Lyon

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The Structure Of Flux Transfer Events Recovered From Cluster Data, H Hasegawa, B U. Ö Sonnerup, C J. Owen, B Klecker, G Paschmann, A Balogh, H Re`Me Mar 2006

The Structure Of Flux Transfer Events Recovered From Cluster Data, H Hasegawa, B U. Ö Sonnerup, C J. Owen, B Klecker, G Paschmann, A Balogh, H Re`Me

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The structure and formation mechanism of a to- tal of five Flux Transfer Events (FTEs), encountered on the equatorward side of the northern cusp by the Cluster space- craft, with separation of ∼5000 km, are studied by apply- ing the Grad-Shafranov (GS) reconstruction technique to the events. The technique generates a magnetic field/plasma map of the FTE cross section, using combined magnetic field and plasma data from all four spacecraft, under the assump- tion that the structure is two-dimensional (2-D) and time- independent. The reconstructed FTEs consist of one or more magnetic flux ropes embedded in the magnetopause, suggest- ing …