Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during   geomagnetically quiet times

doi:10.1038/ncomms2476

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	Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times
	Shi, Q. Q. ; Zong, Q.G. ; Fu, S. Y. ; Dunlop, M. W. ; Pu, Z. Y. ; Parks, G. K. ; Wei, Y. ; Li, W. H. ; Zhang, H. ; Nowada, M. ; Wang, Y. B. ; Sun, W. J. ; Xiao, T. ; Reme, H. ; Carr, C. ; Fazakerley, A. N. ; Lucek, E.
刊名	nature communications
	2013
关键词	INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD NORTHWARD IMF BOUNDARY-LAYER EARTHS MAGNETOSPHERE CUSP RECONNECTION ISEE OBSERVATIONS PLASMA MAGNETOPAUSE CLUSTER MODEL
DOI	10.1038/ncomms2476
英文摘要	An understanding of the transport of solar wind plasma into and throughout the terrestrial magnetosphere is crucial to space science and space weather. For non-active periods, there is little agreement on where and how plasma entry into the magnetosphere might occur. Moreover, behaviour in the high-latitude region behind the magnetospheric cusps, for example, the lobes, is poorly understood, partly because of lack of coverage by previous space missions. Here, using Cluster multi-spacecraft data, we report an unexpected discovery of regions of solar wind entry into the Earth's high-latitude magnetosphere tailward of the cusps. From statistical observational facts and simulation analysis we suggest that these regions are most likely produced by magnetic reconnection at the high-latitude magneto-pause, although other processes, such as impulsive penetration, may not be ruled out entirely. We find that the degree of entry can be significant for solar wind transport into the magnetosphere during such quiet times.; Multidisciplinary Sciences; SCI(E); 4; ARTICLE; 4
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/311103]
专题	地球与空间科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Q. Q.,Zong, Q.G.,Fu, S. Y.,et al. Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times[J]. nature communications,2013.
APA	Shi, Q. Q..,Zong, Q.G..,Fu, S. Y..,Dunlop, M. W..,Pu, Z. Y..,...&Lucek, E..(2013).Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times.nature communications.
MLA	Shi, Q. Q.,et al."Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times".nature communications (2013).