A statistical and event study of magnetotail dipolarization fronts

A study of dipolarization fronts of the Earth's magnetotail has been performed using seven years (2001–2007) of Cluster data. Events both with and without high-speed earthward flows are included. A superposed epoch analysis of the data shows that the dipolarization is preceeded by a decrease...

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Main Authors: D. Schmid, M. Volwerk, R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, M. Heyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-09-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/29/1537/2011/angeo-29-1537-2011.pdf