Reconstruction of the magnetopause and low-latitude boundary layer topology using Cluster multi-point measurements

De Keyser, J;Gustafsson, G;Roth, M;Darrouzet, F;Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N;et.al.
(2004) Meeting on Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Multipoint Measurements in Space — Location: Orleans(France) (12.May.2003)

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  • De Keyser, J
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  • Gustafsson, G
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  • Roth, M
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  • Darrouzet, F
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  • Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N
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Abstract
Multi-spacecraft data from Cluster allow for a more detailed magnetopause and boundary layer structure determination than ever before. Reconstruction methods, in which the time variability observed during a pass is interpreted as being due to boundary motion and/or spatial structure, are particularly well suited for this task. Such methods rely on the availability of plasma and field data and adopt the tangential discontinuity hypothesis to determine the motion, acceleration, boundary structure, boundary curvature and surface wave speed over an extended time interval. In this paper one- and two-dimensional reconstruction methods are applied to multi-spacecraft data for the first time.
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De Keyser, J., Gustafsson, G., Roth, M., Darrouzet, F., Dunlop, M., Reme, H., Fazakerley, A., Decreau, P., & Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N. (2004). Reconstruction of the magnetopause and low-latitude boundary layer topology using Cluster multi-point measurements. Annales Geophysicae : atmospheres, hydrospheres and space sciences, 22(7), 2381-2389. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-22-2381-2004 (Original work published 2004)