Search Publications
Global view of dayside magnetic reconnection with the dusk-dawn IMF orientation: A statistical study for Double Star and Cluster data
Lucek, E.; Dunlop, M. W.; Rème, H. +14 more
Double Star/TC-1 and Cluster data show that both component reconnection and anti-parallel reconnection occur at the magnetopause when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is predominantly dawnward. The occurrence of these different features under these very similar IMF conditions are further confirmed by a statistical study of 290 fast flows me…
Flow burst-induced Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the terrestrial magnetotail
Zhang, T. L.; Glassmeier, K. -H.; Lucek, E. +7 more
The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) on the boundary of a flow channel in the Earth's plasma sheet is investigated using Cluster and Double Star TC1 data. It is shown that when Cluster moves into the flow channel the magnetometer measures strong oscillations of the magnetic field, that increase as the spacecraft move further into the flow channe…
TC-1 observations of flux pileup and dipolarization-associated expansion in the near-Earth magnetotail during substorms
Escoubet, C. P.; Dandouras, I.; Zhang, H. +16 more
Fifty-three substorms measured by Double Star/TC-1 in the near-Earth magnetotail from July to October, 2004 are studied. The main features of these events are: (a) Magnetic flux pileup characterized by continuous enhancement of B z is observed, which starts almost simultaneously with aurora breakup within 1-3 minutes, indicating that …
Observation of repeated intense near-Earth reconnection on closed field lines with Cluster, Double Star, and other spacecraft
Sauvaud, J. -A.; Zhang, T. L.; Glassmeier, K. -H. +14 more
We report strong repeated magnetic reconnection pulses that occurred deep inside closed plasma sheet flux tubes at r ≤ 14Re. They have been observed with a fortuitous spacecraft constellation during three consecutive turbulent magnetic dipolarizations, accompanied by localized auroral brightenings near the equatorward edge of a wide auroral oval. …
TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction
Pitout, F.; Wei, Y.; Dandouras, I. +20 more
Observations of a Flux Transfer Event (FTE) signature at the dayside magnetopause are reported, which was consecutively observed on 4 January 2005 by both the Double Star/TC1 spacecraft and the Cluster quartet, while the spacecraft were traversing through the northern-dusk magnetopause. The event occurred as a magnetosheath FTE first at the Cluste…