Kelvin-Helmholtz wave at the subsolar magnetopause boundary layer under radial IMF

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F16%3A10334402" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/16:10334402 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023068" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023068</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023068" target="_blank" >10.1002/2016JA023068</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Kelvin-Helmholtz wave at the subsolar magnetopause boundary layer under radial IMF
Original language description
We present the first observation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) rolled-up vortex at the dayside magnetopause layers under a radial interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The study uses measurements of four Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) probes aligned along the Y-GSE axis about 10 R-E upstream of the Earth and located in different regions of the near-Earth environment. THEMIS C and A serve as monitors of the quiet solar wind and fluctuating magnetosheath conditions, respectively, and THEMIS D and E observe the magnetopause and low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) crossings. The analysis shows the following: (1) a radial IMF changes to the southward pointing magnetosheath magnetic field; (2) dayside reconnection forms the thin but dense LLBL; (3) a large velocity shear at the LLBL inner edge excites a train of KH waves; and (4) in spite of a short path from the subsolar point (approximate to 5 R-E), one of the KH waves exhibits all features of a fully developed rolled-up vortex.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—

Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BL - Plasma physics and discharge through gases
OECD FORD branch
—

Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP209%2F12%2F1774" target="_blank" >GAP209/12/1774: Solar wind control of the processes at the magnetospheric boundaries</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Similar results(10)