Exploring the processes and phenomena of Earth's dayside magnetosphere
Energy and momentum transfer, initially taking place at the dayside magnetopause, is responsible for a variety of phenomenon that we can measure on the ground. Data obtained from observations of Earth’s dayside magnetosphere increases our knowledge of the processes by which solar wind mass, momentum, and energy enter the magnetosphere.
Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions outlines the physics and processes of dayside magnetospheric phenomena, the role of solar wind in generating ultra-low frequency waves, and solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.
Volume highlights include:
- Phenomena across different temporal and spatial scales
- Discussions on dayside aurora, plume dynamics, and related dayside reconnection
- Results from spacecraft observations, ground-based observations, and simulations
- Discoveries from the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission and Van Allen Probes era
- Exploration of foreshock, bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause, and cusps
- Examination of similar processes occurring around other planets
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Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Preface xi
1. A Brief History of Dayside Magnetospheric Physics 1
A. Otto
Part I: Physics of Dayside Magnetospheric Response to Solar Wind Discontinuities
2. Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures: Summary of the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Focus Group Findings Between 2012 and 2016 13
Hui Zhang and Qiugang Zong
3. Transient Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interaction Associated with Foreshock and Magnetosheath Transients and Localized Magnetopause Reconnection 39
Y. Nishimura, B. Wang, Y. Zou, E. F. Donovan, V. Angelopoulos, J. I. Moen, L. B. Clausen, and T. Nagatsuma
4. Dayside Magnetospheric Interactions Inferred from Dayside Diffuse Aurora and Throat Aurora 55
De‐Sheng Han
5. Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Change: Vortices, ULF Waves, and Aurorae 77
Q. Q. Shi, X.‐C. Shen, A. M. Tian, A. W. Degeling, Qiugang Zong, S. Y. Fu, Z. Y. Pu, H. Y. Zhao, Hui Zhang, and S. T. Yao
Part II: Structure and Dynamics of Dayside Boundaries
6. Cluster Mission’s Recent Highlights at Dayside Boundaries 101
Philippe Escoubet, A. Masson, H. Laakso, and M. L. Goldstein
7. Structure and Dynamics of the Magnetosheath 117
Katariina Nykyri
8. An Examination of the Magnetopause Position and Shape Based Upon New Observations 135
Z. Němeček, J. Šafránková, and J. Šimůnek
9. Methods for Finding Magnetic Nulls and Reconstructing Field Topology: A Review 153
H. S. Fu, Z. Wang, Qiugang Zong, X. H. Chen, J. S. He, A. Vaivads, and V. Olshevsky
Part III: The Roles of Solar Wind Sources on Wave Generations and Dynamic Processes in the Inner Magnetosphere
10. Theoretical Studies of Standing Toroidal Alfvén Waves in Dipole‐Like Magnetosphere 175
A. S. Leonovich and D. A. Kozlov
11. Ultra-Low-Frequency Wave-Particle Interactions in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt 189
R. Rankin, C. R. Wang, Y. F. Wang, Qiugang Zong, X. Z. Zhou, A. W. Degeling, D. Sydorenko, and G. Whittall-Scherfee
12. Recent Advances in Understanding Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Due to Wave-Particle Interactions 207
W. Li, Q. Ma, J. Bortnik, and R. M. Thorne
13. Current Status of Inner Magnetosphere and Radiation Belt Modeling 231
Mei‐Ching Fok
Part IV: Cold Plasmas of Ionospheric Origin and Their Role in Coupling Different Regions in Geospace
14. Multi‐Point Observations of the Geospace Plume 245
J. C. Foster, P. J. Erickson, B. M. Walsh, J. R. Wygant, A. J. Coster, and Qing‐He Zhang
15. Interactions Between ULF Waves and Cold Plasmaspheric Particles 265
Qiugang Zong, Jie Ren, and X. Z. Zhou
16. Formation and Evolution of Polar Cap Ionospheric Patches and Their Associated Upflows and Scintillations: A Review 285
Qing‐He Zhang, Zan‐Yang Xing, Yong Wang, and Yu‐Zhang Ma
17. Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions: Progress in Our Understanding and Outstanding Questions 303
Qiugang Zong, Philippe Escoubet, David Sibeck, Guan Le, and Hui Zhang
Index 307
