@article{Nakamura:2017:10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2,
author = {Nakamura, R and Nagai, T and Birn, J and Sergeev, VA and Le, Contel O and Varsani, A and Baumjohann, W and Nakamura, T and Apatenkov, S and Artemyev, A and Ergun, RE and Fuselier, SA and Gershman, DJ and Giles, BJ and Khotyaintsev, YV and Lindqvist, P-A and Magnes, W and Mauk, B and Russell, CT and Singer, HJ and Stawarz, J and Strangeway, RJ and Anderson, B and Bromund, KR and Fischer, D and Kepko, L and Le, G and Plaschke, F and Slavin, JA and Cohen, I and Jaynes, A and Turner, DL},
doi = {10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2},
journal = {Earth, Planets and Space},
title = {Near-Earth plasma sheet boundary dynamics during substorm dipolarization},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2},
volume = {69},
year = {2017}
}

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AB  - We report on the large-scale evolution of dipolarization in the near-Earth plasma sheet during an intense (AL ~ −1000 nT) substorm on August 10, 2016, when multiple spacecraft at radial distances between 4 and 15 R E were present in the night-side magnetosphere. This global dipolarization consisted of multiple short-timescale (a couple of minutes) B z disturbances detected by spacecraft distributed over 9 MLT, consistent with the large-scale substorm current wedge observed by ground-based magnetometers. The four spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale were located in the southern hemisphere plasma sheet and observed fast flow disturbances associated with this dipolarization. The high-time-resolution measurements from MMS enable us to detect the rapid motion of the field structures and flow disturbances separately. A distinct pattern of the flow and field disturbance near the plasma boundaries was found. We suggest that a vortex motion created around the localized flows resulted in another field-aligned current system at the off-equatorial side of the BBF-associated R1/R2 systems, as was predicted by the MHD simulation of a localized reconnection jet. The observations by GOES and Geotail, which were located in the opposite hemisphere and local time, support this view. We demonstrate that the processes of both Earthward flow braking and of accumulated magnetic flux evolving tailward also control the dynamics in the boundary region of the near-Earth plasma sheet.
AU  - Nakamura,R
AU  - Nagai,T
AU  - Birn,J
AU  - Sergeev,VA
AU  - Le,Contel O
AU  - Varsani,A
AU  - Baumjohann,W
AU  - Nakamura,T
AU  - Apatenkov,S
AU  - Artemyev,A
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Fuselier,SA
AU  - Gershman,DJ
AU  - Giles,BJ
AU  - Khotyaintsev,YV
AU  - Lindqvist,P-A
AU  - Magnes,W
AU  - Mauk,B
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Singer,HJ
AU  - Stawarz,J
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Anderson,B
AU  - Bromund,KR
AU  - Fischer,D
AU  - Kepko,L
AU  - Le,G
AU  - Plaschke,F
AU  - Slavin,JA
AU  - Cohen,I
AU  - Jaynes,A
AU  - Turner,DL
DO  - 10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1880-5981
TI  - Near-Earth plasma sheet boundary dynamics during substorm dipolarization
T2  - Earth, Planets and Space
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51411
VL  - 69
ER  - 

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