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Locations of boundaries of outer and inner radiation belts as observed by Cluster and Double Star
Dandouras, I.; Cao, J.; Ganushkina, N. Yu +1 more
Cluster CIS ion spectrograms measured during the period of the recent solar minimum between April 2007 and June 2009, when Cluster was deep in the radiation belts with its perigee as close as L = 2, are analyzed. The analysis is complemented by Double Star TC-1 satellite data from HIA ion spectrograms on perigee passes during the period of May 15,…
Multiple responses of magnetotail to the enhancement and fluctuation of solar wind dynamic pressure and the southward turning of interplanetary magnetic field
Zhang, T. L.; Dandouras, I.; Rème, H. +5 more
During the interval from 06:15 to 07:30 UT on 24 August 2005, the Chinese Tan-Ce 1 (TC1) satellite observed the multiple responses of the near-Earth magnetotail to the combined changes in solar wind dynamic pressure and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The magnetotail was highly compressed by a strong interplanetary shock because of the dynami…
TC-1 observations of a flux rope: Generation by multiple X line reconnection
Rème, H.; Cao, J. B.; Carr, C. M. +2 more
On 29 December 2004 the Double Star TC-1 satellite most probably stays close to a reconnection line for about 20 min. The direction of the X line can be evaluated according to the component merging model. During the time of observations, TC-1 also detects a flux transfer event (FTE). It is found that the FTE axis is parallel to such an X line. Thi…
Magnetopause response to variations in the solar wind: Conjunction observations between Cluster, TC-1, and SuperDARN
Dandouras, I.; Lucek, E.; Liu, Z. X. +5 more
How the solar wind affects the location of the magnetopause has been widely studied and excellent models of the magnetopause based on in situ observations in the solar wind and at the magnetopause have been established, while the careful insight into the responses of the magnetopause to the variations in the solar wind can still provide us some ne…