Reconfiguration and closure of lobe flux by reconnection during northward IMF: possible evidence for signatures in cusp/cleft auroral emissions

Observations are presented of the response of the dayside cusp/cleft aurora to changes in both the clock and elevation angles of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) vector, as monitored by the WIND spacecraft. The auroral observations are made in 630 nm light at the winter solstice near magn...

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Main Authors: M. Lockwood, J. Moen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1999-08-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/17/996/1999/angeo-17-996-1999.pdf