Earth's low-latitude boundary layer / Patrick T. Newell, Terry Onsager, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newell, Patrick T., 1957-

Onsager, Terry.

Series:

Geophysical monograph ; 133.

Geophysical monograph series ; 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetospheric boundary layer.

Physical Description:

x, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, [2003]

Contents:

Historical Background

Historical Review (Pre-1980) of Magnetospheric Boundary Layers and the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer / Timothy E. Eastman 1

LLBL Theory and Modeling From a Global Perspective

Theory of the Low Latitude Boundary Layer and Its Coupling to the Ionosphere: A Tutorial Review / Bengt U. O. Sonnerup, Keith D. Siebert 13

Modeling Magnetospheric Sources / Raymond J. Walker, Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Tatsuki Ogino, Vahe Peroomian, Robert L. Richard 33

Interplanetary Magnetic Field-Dependent Impact of Solar Wind Ions on Earth's Magnetopause / Vahe Peroomian 45

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and Magnetic Reconnection: Mass Transport at the LLBL / A. Otto, K. Nykyri 53

LLBL Structure: High-Altitude Observations

Cluster Magnetic Field Observations of Magnetospheric Boundaries / T. S. Horbury, A. Balogh, M. W. Dunlop, P. J. Cargill, E. A. Lucek, T. Oddy, P. Brown, C. Carr, K.-H. Fornacon, E. Georgescu 63

The Structure of Magnetopause Layers at Low Latitudes: INTERBALL Contributions / Z. Nemecek, J. Safrankova, L. Prech, J.-A. Sauvaud 71

Enhanced Magnetospheric/Boundary Layer Plasma Flows Observed During Transient Magnetopause Crossings / K-H. Kim, N. Lin, C. A. Cattell, D.-H. Lee, S. Kokubun, T. Mukai, K. Tsuruda 83

High-Latitude Magnetic Reconnection in Sub-Alfvenic Flow as Observed by Interball Tail on 29 May 1996 / V. N. Smirnov, L. A. ^Avanov, J. H. Waite, Jr., S. A. Fuselier, O. L. Vaisberg 93

Energetic Ions in the High Latitude Boundary Layer of the Magnetosphere - RAPID/CLUSTER Observation / Q.-G. Zong, T. A. Fritz, B. Wilken, P. Daly 101

Formation of the LLBL by Merging

Low-Latitude Boundary Layer Formation by Magnetic Reconnection / T. G. Onsager, J. D. Scudder 111

A Model of the Formation of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer for Northward IMF by Reconnection: A Summary and Review / P. Song, C. T. Russell, T. I. Gombosi, D. L. DeZeeuw 121

Formation of the LLBL in the Context of a Unifying Magnetopause Reconnection Mechanism / Athanasios Boudouridis, Harlan E. Spence, T. G. Onsager 131

Antiparallel Reconnection as a Possible Source of High- and Low-Latitude Boundary Layers / A. Federov, E. Budnik, H. Stenuit, T. Moreau, J.-A. Sauvaud 139

Formation of the LLBL by Collective Kinetic Effects

Magnetosheath Injections Deep Inside the Closed LLBL: A Review of Observations / Patrick T. Newell, Ching-I. Meng 149

Initial Condition for Plasma Transfer Events / Walter J. Heikkila 157

The Impulsive Penetration Mechanism: Advances in the Numerical and Experimental Verification / Marius M. Echim, Joseph Lemaire 169

Signatures of Direct Magnetosheath Plasma Injections Onto Closed Field-Line Regions Based on Observations at Mid-and Low-Altitudes / M. Yamauchi, R. Lundin, O. Norberg, I. Sandahl, L. Eliasson, D. Winningham 179

LLBL and Wave Effects

ELF/VLF Plasma Waves in the Low Latitude Boundary Layer / Bruce T. Tsurutani, Gurbax S. Lakhina, Liwei Zhang, Jolene S. Pickett, Yoshiya Kasahara 189

Equator-S Observations of Boundary Signatures: FTE's or Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves? / K. Nykyri, A. Otto, J. Buchner, B. Nikutowski, W. Baumjohann, L. M. Kistler, C. Mouikis 205

Kinetic Alfven Waves at the Magnetopause

Mode Conversion, Transport, and Formation of LLBL / Jay R. Johnson, C. Z. Cheng 211

Nonconjugate ULF Wave Power Observed by Ground Magnetometers in the Northern and Southern Dayside Cusp/Cleft/LLBL Regions / M. J. Engebretson, J. L. Posch, W. J. Hughes 223

High-Latitude Mapping of ULF Activity, Field-Aligned Currents, and DMSP-Based Dayside Magnetospheric Domains / Viacheslav A. Pilipenko, Valeriy A. Martines-Bedenko, Mark J. Engebretson, Vladimir O. Papitashvilli, Patrick T. Newell 231

LLBL as a Plasma Reservoir (Sources and Sinks)

Vortex-Like Fluctuations in the Magnetotail Flanks and Their Possible Roles in Plasma Transport / M. Fujimoto, T. Tonooka, T. Mukai 241

Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Cold Dense Plasma Sheet: Evidence for a Low-Latitude Boundary Layer Source? / Marit Oieroset, Tai D. Phan, Masaki Fujimoto, Leon Chan, Robert P. Lin, Ruth Skoug 253

Observational Signatures of Plasma Transport Across the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer / Masaki N. Nishino, Toshio Terasawa, Masaki Fujimoto 265

LLBL Contribution to the Plasma Sheet Ions / Simon Wing, Patrick T. Newell 273

Cusp as a Source for High-Latitude Boundary Layer Energetic Ions / Jiasheng Chen, Theodore A. Fritz 283

Time Variations in the Energetic Plasma on Dayside Magnetic Flux Tubes / G. Atkinson 293

The LLBL From Ionospheric Observations

Ionospheric Observations of Waves at the Inner Edge of the Low Latitude Boundary Layer / C. Robert Clauer 297

Anti-Parallel Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause: Ionospheric Signatures and Implications for the Low Latitude Boundary Layer / A. S. Rodger, G. Chisham, I. J. Coleman, M. P. Freeman, M. Pinnock 311

Bifurcation of the Cusp: Implications for Understanding Boundary Layers / N. C. Maynard, W. J. Burke, J. Moen, P. E. Sandholt, M. Lester, D. M. Ober, D. R. Weimer, W. W. White 319

Low-Latitude Boundary Layer and Generation of Field-Aligned Currents / O. A. Troshichev 329

The LLBL and Aurora

The Aurora as Monitor of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions / Per Even Sandholt, Charles J. Farrugia 335

Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling at Midmorning Local Times: Dependence on IMF Parameters / Charles J. Farrugia, Per Even Sandholt 351

Dawn/Dusk Auroras and Geomagnetic Fluctuations: Ionospheric Effects of Intense Solar Wind Ram Pressure / X.-Y. Zhou, H. U. Frey, J. F. Watermann, B. T. Tsurutani, D. G. Sibeck, S. B. Mende, J. K. Arballo 361

Observations of Postnoon Auroral Bright Spots With High Temporal and Spatial Resolution at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica / Yong Ai, Huigen Yang, M Kikuchi 371

Epilogue: Connections

Local Boundary Layer Properties From Non-Local Processes Illustrated by MHD Simulations / G. L. Siscoe, K. D. Siebert 377.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0875909922

OCLC:

50495619