Cluster observations of high-altitude cusp during multiple fast-turning IMF  

作　　者：CAI HongTao MA ShuYing DUNLOP M W BOGDANOVA Y DAVIES J A PITOUT F 

机构地区：[1]School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China [2]Key Lab of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, CNEM, Wuhan 430079, China [3]SSTD, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 OQX, UK [4]Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia [5]Max-Planck-lnstitut fiir Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching D-37191, Germany

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2010年第12期1178-1185,共8页

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40874079);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006BAB18B06)

摘　　要：Using coordinated observations from the Cluster,DMSP and ESR radar,high-altitude cusp was investigated for a time period characterized by four fast reversals of the IMF BZ.On February 12,2003,Cluster was flying sunward at duskside over the Northern Hemisphere,across the high-altitude northern cusp twice.Both the two crossings are during steady northward IMF interval,whereas ion fluxes detected during the time period are quite different.The cusp in the first crossing is a "typical" northward-IMF one,with short-lived ion injections of evident "reversed" dispersion signatures.In the second crossing,however,the cusp appears to be a region reminiscent of the Stagnant Exterior Cusp (SEC).In addition,evident upward-flowing O+ ion bursts,possibly original from polar ionosphere,are also detected during the second cusp crossing,together with enhancement of trapped magnetospheric-like electron fluxes.We suggest that the SEC-like cusp is likely on newly closed field lines,which were first reconnected (being opened) at low latitudes and later reconnected again (being closed) poleward of the northern cusp.Using coordinated observations from the Cluster, DMSP and ESR radar, high-altitude cusp was investigated for a time period characterized by four fast reversals of the IMF Bz. On February 12, 2003, Cluster was flying sunward at duskside over the Northern Hemisphere, across the high-altitude northern cusp twice. Both the two crossings are during steady northward IMF interval, whereas ion fluxes detected during the time period are quite different. The cusp in the first crossing is a ＂typical＂ northward-IMF one, with short-lived ion injections of evident ＂reversed＂ dispersion signatures. In the second crossing, however, the cusp appears to be a region reminiscent of the Stagnant Exterior Cusp （SEC）. In addition, evident upward-flowing O＋ ion bursts, possibly original from polar ionosphere, are also detected during the second cusp crossing, together with enhancement of trapped magnetospheric-like electron fluxes. We suggest that the SEC-like cusp is likely on newly closed field lines, which were first reconnected （being opened） at low latitudes and later reconnected again （being closed） poleward of the northern cusp.

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