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IMF B_y-controlled field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during northward interplanetary magnetic field

Dunlop, M.; Liu, Z. X.; Shi, J. K. +1 more

The influence of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) B_y component on the field-aligned currents (FACs) in the plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL) in the magnetotail during the northward IMF were investigated using the data from Cluster. There are 748 FACs cases selected to do analysis. We present that the IMF B_y component …