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...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40974099,40731054,40704027 and 40921063);the Specialized Research Fund for State Key Laboratories and the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB811404)
Low frequency electromagnetic fluctuations in the vicinity of a magnetospheric substorm onset were investigated using simultaneous observations by THEMIS multiple probes in the near-Earth plasma sheet in the magnetota...
Supported in part by the Global COE Program of Nagoya University "Quest for Fundamental Principles in the Universe(QFPU)" from JSPS and MEXT of Japan
Magnetic reconnection is one of the most important,dynamic phenomena in the magnetotail in terms of magnetic field line configuration change and energy release.It is believed to occur in the distant magnetotail mainly...