supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40774081);Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2011CB811404);the Specialized Research Fund for State Key Laboratories
An ion flux dropout near the dipolarization front(DF) at around XGSM=-11 REin the Earth's plasma sheet was observed by Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during substorms(THEMIS) on March31, 2009. The i...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB845903,2012CB825604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41211120176,41274167,41031065,41374166,41330104,41374171);the National R&D Projectsfor Key Scientific Instruments(ZDYZ2012-1-01);UK Science and Technology Facilities Council grant(ST/L005638/1)at UCL/MSSL;China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2014M550826)
Using in situ observations from THEMIS A, D and E during the 2008–2011 tail season, we present a statistical study of the evolution of pressure gradients in the near-Earth tail during bursty bulk flow(BBF) convection...