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TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction
J. Wang
1
M.W. Dunlop
2
Z. Pu
1
Xin Zhou
1
X. Zhang
1
Y. Wei
3
S. Y. Fu
1
C. Xiao
4
A. N. Fazakerley
5
H. Laakso
6
M. G. Taylor
6
Y. Bogdanova
5
Frederic Pitout
7
J. A. Davies
2
Q. Zong
8
Chao Shen
9
Z. Liu
9
C. Carr
10
C. Perry
2
H. Reme
11
I. Dandouras
11
P. Escoubet
6
C. J. Owen
5
Frederic Pitout 7
Author
J. A. Davies 2
Author
Q. Zong 8
Author
Chao Shen 9
Author Employer institution : Departments of Applied Physics [New Haven]
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School of Earth and Space Sciences (China)
- Peking University [Beijing] (No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China 100871 - China)
2
RAL Space - Space Science and Technology Department [Didcot] (Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK - United Kingdom)
- RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA - United Kingdom)
- STFC - Science and Technology Facilities Council (Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1SZ - United Kingdom)
3
IGG - Institute of Geology and Geophysics [Beijing] (No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, P.R.China - China)
- CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing, 100864 - China)
4
NAOC - National Astronomical Observatories [Beijing] (A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing - China)
- CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing, 100864 - China)
5
MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Holmbury Hill Rd, Dorking RH5 6NT - United Kingdom)
- UCL - University College of London [London] (Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT - United Kingdom)
6
Space Science Department of ESA (2200 AG Noordwijk - Netherlands)
- ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre (Keplerlaan 1, 2201 Noordwijk - Netherlands)
- ESA - European Space Agency (France)
7
MPE - Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (Giessenbachstr.1, 85748 Garching - Germany)
8
UMLCAR - Center for Atmospheric Research [Lowell] (Lowell, Massachusetts - United States)
- UMass Lowell - University of Massachusetts [Lowell] (1 University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854 - United States)
- UMASS - University of Massachusetts System (United States)
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SKSW - State Key Laboratory for Space Weather [Beijing] (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing - China)
- NSSC - National Space Science Center [Beijing] (China)
- CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing, 100864 - China)
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Space and Atmospheric Physics Group [London] ( Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College - United Kingdom)
- Blackett Laboratory (Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
- Imperial College London (South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
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CESR - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (9 Av du colonel Roche - BP 4346 31028 TOULOUSE CEDEX 4 - France)
- UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (118 route de Narbonne - 31062 Toulouse - France)
- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5187 (France)
- OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 TOULOUSE - France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (18 avenue Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse - France)
- Météo France (France)
Abstract : Observations of a Flux Transfer Event (FTE) signature at the dayside magnetopause are reported, which was consecutively observed on 4 January 2005 by both the Double Star/TC1 spacecraft and the Cluster quartet, while the spacecraft were traversing through the northern-dusk magnetopause. The event occurred as a magnetosheath FTE first at the Cluster spacecraft at about 07:13 UT on 4 January 2005 and crossed each of the others within 2 minutes. The spatial separations between the Cluster spacecraft were of the order of 200 km. The TC1 signature occurred about 108s after Cluster. All findings including magnetic fluxes, orientations and hot ion velocity distributions strongly suggest that Cluster and TC1 encountered the magnetosheath branch of the same flux tube at two different positions along its length and this is borne out by computation of the expected time delay. Four-spacecraft timing is used to obtain the velocity of FTE.
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- HAL Id : insu-00359676, version 1
- DOI : 10.1029/2006GL028241
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J. Wang, M.W. Dunlop, Z. Pu, Xin Zhou, X. Zhang, et al.. TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction. Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 2007, 34 (3), pp.L03106. ⟨10.1029/2006GL028241⟩. ⟨insu-00359676⟩
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