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Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster
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TY - CONF
T1 - Twisting of Earth's Neutral Sheet and its Response to Changes in the IMF By Component
AU - Case, Nathan Anthony
AU - Grocott, Adrian
AU - Martin, Carley
AU - Haaland, S.
AU - Nagai, T.
PY - 2017/12/12
Y1 - 2017/12/12
N2 - We have collated over 25 years of magnetic field, electric field, and velocity data from the Geotail, Cluster, Double Star, and Themis spacecraft missions to elucidate large-scale patterns in the terrestrial magnetotail, particularly those relating to magnetospheric asymmetries. In this work, we analyze the twisting of Earth’s magnetotail, driven by the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By component. By filtering the spacecraft data to the region where the tailward directed field and the returning earthward field are at their closest, known as the neutral sheet, we can determine the twist of the tail using in situ measurements of the local magnetic field. Furthermore, by then filtering these data by IMF orientation, we can determine the effect of the IMF on the tail twisting.
AB - We have collated over 25 years of magnetic field, electric field, and velocity data from the Geotail, Cluster, Double Star, and Themis spacecraft missions to elucidate large-scale patterns in the terrestrial magnetotail, particularly those relating to magnetospheric asymmetries. In this work, we analyze the twisting of Earth’s magnetotail, driven by the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By component. By filtering the spacecraft data to the region where the tailward directed field and the returning earthward field are at their closest, known as the neutral sheet, we can determine the twist of the tail using in situ measurements of the local magnetic field. Furthermore, by then filtering these data by IMF orientation, we can determine the effect of the IMF on the tail twisting.
M3 - Poster
T2 - AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Y2 - 11 December 2017 through 15 December 2017
ER -