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Assessing electron heat flux dropouts as signatures of magnetic field line disconnection from the Sun [PDF]

, 2005
Suprathermal electrons focused along magnetic field lines, called the strahl, carry heat flux away from the Sun. Various factors can cause heat flux dropouts (HFDs), including times when the strahl almost vanishes.
Larson, DE, D. E. Larson, C. Pagel, Crooker, NU, Pagel, C, N. U. Crooker   +5 more
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Local Evolution of a Prenoon Drainage Plume

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract Plasmaspheric drainage plumes are typically observed in the postnoon sector during geomagnetic storms, but their local evolution in the prenoon sector remains poorly understood. Here, we report in situ observations from the Van Allen Probe, revealing multiple localized enhancements in cold electron density near apogee in the prenoon sector ...
Suk‐Bin Kang, Mei‐Ching Fok, Cristian Ferradas, Alex Glocer, Megha Pandya, J. D. Huba   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Space- and ground-based investigations of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling [PDF]

, 2006
This paper provides a brief review of the understanding of the coupled solar wind–magnetosphere–ionosphere system that can be attained from observations of the size of the ionospheric polar caps from space and the ground.
Milan, S. E., Wild, J. A., Draper, N. C., Grocott, A.   +3 more
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Axial Flux Evolution of Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes from 0.06 to 10 au

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Small-scale magnetic flux ropes (SMFRs) fill much of the solar wind, but their origin and evolution are debated. We apply our recently developed, improved Grad–Shafranov algorithm for the detection and reconstruction of SMFRs to data from Parker Solar ...
Hameedullah Farooki, Jeongwoo Lee, Francesco Pecora, Haimin Wang, Hyomin Kim   +4 more
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Martian Magnetotail Neutral Sheet Asymmetry Driven by Heavy Planetary Pickup Ions

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract In the induced magnetotail of Mars, the neutral sheet is an important channel for atmospheric ion escape, yet the role of heavy planetary pickup ions in shaping its geometry has been unclear. Using three‐dimensional hybrid simulations, we demonstrate that these ions induce a global neutral sheet asymmetry via mass loading.
Jingyi Zhou, Zhenpeng Su, Kaijun Liu, Rentong Lin, Esa Kallio, Riku Jarvinen, Yuming Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geomagnetic storms driven by ICME- and CIR-dominated solar wind. [PDF]

, 2006
The interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere is complex and the phenomenology of the interaction is very different for solar wind dominated by interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) compared to solar wind dominated by corotating
Liemohn, M. W., Zhang, J. C., Skoug, R. M., McPherron, R. L., Denton, M. H., Borovsky, Joseph E., Denton, Michael H., Henderson, M. G., Lavraud, B., Borovsky, J. E., Thomsen, M. F.   +10 more
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Interplanetary Electric Fields for Extreme Magnetic Storms

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract Using a list of sudden‐commencement storms, the ring‐current index, and 1‐h near‐Earth solar‐wind measurements from solar cycles 20–25, we develop extreme‐value statistical models relating storm intensity D=max{−Dst} $D=\max \left\{-Dst\right\}$ to the storm main‐phase maximum duskward interplanetary electric field E $E$.
Jeffrey J. Love, E. Joshua Rigler, Ian G. Richardson, Kalevi Mursula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Significance of Dungey-cycle flows in Jupiter's and Saturn's magnetospheres, and their identification on closed equatorial field lines [PDF]

, 2007
We consider the contribution of the solar wind-driven Dungey-cycle to flux transport in Jupiter's and Saturn's magnetospheres, the associated voltages being based on estimates of the magnetopause reconnection rates recently derived from observations of ...
Badman, S. V., S. W. H. Cowley, Cowley, S. W. H., S. V. Badman   +3 more
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Simultaneous TRACERS and THEMIS Observations of Reversed Cusp Ion Dispersions and Dual‐Lobe Reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract We present observations from two consecutive TRACERS‐2 orbits through the northern low‐altitude cusp. During the first crossing, TRACERS‐2 observed reversed cusp ion dispersion and sunward convection, consistent with magnetopause reconnection tailward of the cusp during this northward IMF interval.
M. Øieroset, S. A. Fuselier, J. B. Bonnell, R. A. Roglans, J. S. Halekas, R. J. Strangeway, T. D. Phan, R. G. Gomez, S. M. Petrinec, K. J. Trattner, S. R. Shaver, K. A. Goodrich, S. A. Henderson, S. L. Soni, V. Angelopoulos, B. L. Burkholder, H. Cao, L.‐J. Chen, H. K. Connor, D. M. Miles, A. Moore, J. Ng, Y. Shen   +22 more
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Phenomenology of hydromagnetic turbulence in a uniformly expanding medium [PDF]

, 1996
A simple phenomenology is developed for the decay and transport of turbulence in a constant-speed, uniformly expanding medium. The fluctuations are assumed to be locally incompressible, and either of the hydrodynamic or non-Alfvénic magnetohydrodynamic ...
Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean, Zank, Gary P.   +2 more
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