Azimuthal Variation of Magnetopause Reconnection at Scales Below an Earth Radius

Abstract While magnetopause reconnection naturally occurs in three‐dimensional environments, our understanding of the process has been mainly confined to the two‐dimensional reconnection plane. How reconnection varies in the third direction, that is, the azimuthal direction, and what causes the vari...

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Main Authors: Ying Zou, Brian M. Walsh, Emil Atz, Haoming Liang, Qianli Ma, Vassilis Angelopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086500