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Magnetotail Configuration During a Steady Convection Event as Observed by Low-Altitude and Magnetospheric Spacecraft
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2018
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(10), 8390-8406
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Description:Motivated by ongoing discussion regarding the magnetic con figuration in the near-Earth and midtail regions and its role in populating the inner magnetosphere during long-duration steady magnetospheric convection (SMC) events, we analyze a rich collection of observations during ~10 hr ofstrong, steady solar wind driving. Auroral boundaries and regions of stretched and dipolarized magnetic field in the plasma sheet were monitored using solar electron loss cone anisotropy observed by low-altitude spacecraft. Following a southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field and a subsequent 3- to 4-hr period of large-scale substorm-related recon figurations and plasma injections, the near-Earth magnetic configuration evolved into a nonstandard type, which lasted until the end of this SMC event (5 hr). During
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(10), 8390-8406
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ISSN:2169-9380
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