MMS Observations of Storm-Time Magnetopause Boundary Layers in the Vicinity of the Southern Cusp

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dc.contributor.authorBurkholder, Brandon
dc.contributor.authorChen, Li-Jen
dc.contributor.authorFuselier, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorGershman, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSchiff, Conrad
dc.contributor.authorShuster, Jason
dc.contributor.authorZou, Ying
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Brian M.
dc.contributor.authorReiff, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorPetrinec, Steve
dc.contributor.authorSciola, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-09T15:24:46Z
dc.date.available2023-01-09T15:24:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.description.abstractDuring a storm-time interval around winter solstice, observations by the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Mission show multiple distinct magnetopause boundary layers (BLs) in the vicinity of the southern cusp. The microphysics of the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction during storm times are not well understood, because the observations are relatively lacking. This event enables the opportunity to probe the storm-time magnetopause, and observations support that MMS was near a reconnection site equatorward of the southern cusp, suggesting active reconnection in close proximity to closed magnetic flux regions in the BL. The Grid Agnostic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) for Extended Research Applications global MHD simulation shows evidence for transient secondary reconnection sites near the southern cusp, demonstrating mechanisms to form closed field line regions of the BLen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding for this work was provided by the NASA MMS Mission and MMS Early Career Grant 80NSSC22K0949. We acknowledge use of NASA/GSFC's Space Physics Data Facility's OMNIWeb, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin for providing HPC resources that have contributed to the research results reported within this paper.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL101231en_US
dc.format.extent10 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2qc1e-l24m
dc.identifier.citationBurkholder, B. L., Chen, L.-J., Fuselier, S., Gershman, D., Schiff, C., Shuster, J., et al. (2022). MMS observations of storm-time magnetopause boundary layers in the vicinity of the southern cusp. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL101231. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101231en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101231
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/26597
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAGUen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleMMS Observations of Storm-Time Magnetopause Boundary Layers in the Vicinity of the Southern Cuspen_US
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