@article{Vuorinen:2023:10.1029/2022EO220485,
author = {Vuorinen, L and Lamoury, A and Masongsong, E and Hietala, H},
doi = {10.1029/2022EO220485},
journal = {Eos (United States)},
pages = {35--39},
title = {SPACE RAINDROPS SPLASHING ON EARTH’S MAGNETIC UMBRELLA},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022EO220485},
volume = {104},
year = {2023}
}

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AB  - Every few minutes, enormous “droplets” of plasma rain down from space toward Earth. Instead of crashing catastrophically to the ground, these droplets, called magnetosheath jets, are deflected by the outer reaches of Earth’s magnetic field. Despite the frequent occurrence of magnetosheath jets near Earth and their likely ubiquity across the solar system, their study is young and there is much we do not know about their origins and behavior. Specifi-cally, their potential effects on space weather—the phenomena we experience on Earth due to the ever changing stream of plasma that flows through our solar system—are unclear and still being investigated. Therefore, these jets are currently not factored into space weather models or predictions. Here we dis-cuss recent findings in this field and important questions that remain to be answered.
AU  - Vuorinen,L
AU  - Lamoury,A
AU  - Masongsong,E
AU  - Hietala,H
DO  - 10.1029/2022EO220485
EP  - 39
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0096-3941
SP  - 35
TI  - SPACE RAINDROPS SPLASHING ON EARTH’S MAGNETIC UMBRELLA
T2  - Eos (United States)
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022EO220485
VL  - 104
ER  - 

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