Title :
Solar wind penetration into the high-latitude magnetosphere: Cluster observations
Author :
Gou XiaoChen ; Shi QuanQi ; Tian AnMin ; Fu SuiYan ; Zong QiuGang ; Dunlop, M.W. ; Pu ZuYin
Author_Institution :
Shandong Provincial Key Lab. of Opt. Astron. & Solar-Terrestrial Environ., Shandong Univ., Weihai, China
Abstract :
In this paper, using Cluster multi-spacecrafts observation data during January to April of each year from 2001 to 2006, we have studied the solar wind penetration events into the Earth´s high-latitude magnetosphere. When the IMF is northward, although the formation of the entry layers depends on the direction of IMF, we pointed out that it mainly depends on the IMF Bx component and the influences of IMF By component could be weak.
Keywords :
astrophysical plasma; interplanetary magnetic fields; magnetosphere; solar wind; AD 2001 to AD 2006; Cluster multispacecrafts observation data; IMF; high-latitude magnetosphere; interplanetary magnetic field; solar wind penetration events; solar wind plasmas; Earth; Educational institutions; Interplanetary; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetosphere; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929927
