SM12A:
Bow Shock, Magnetosheath, Magnetopause, and Mid-Tail Processes and Their Role in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling I


Session ID#: 11098

Session Description:
The coupling and processing of plasma and energy from the bow shock through the magnetosheath and to the magnetopause is the focus of this session.  In recent years a significant number of spacecraft and ground-based instruments have sampled these regions with both in situ and remote observations.  Modeling and theoretical efforts have also contributed to advance our recent understanding of the physics occurring in these regions.  The session will focus on processing of plasma within these regions and along these boundaries as well as how it may impact the coupling of plasma and energy into the magnetosphere.
Primary Convener:  Brian Walsh, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States
Conveners:  Katariina Nykyri, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, Joachim Raeder, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States and Chih-Ping Wang, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Chairs:  Brian Walsh, Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States and Katariina Nykyri, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brian Walsh, Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States
Index Terms:

2723 Magnetic reconnection [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2724 Magnetopause and boundary layers [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2728 Magnetosheath [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Multi-Point Observations of Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause Associated With Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Impulse Events (Invited) (59288)
Hyomin Kim1, C. Robert Clauer2, Marc Lessard3, Mark J. Engebretson4, Juergen Matzka5, David G Sibeck6, Howard J Singer7, Claudia Stolle8, Michael Hartinger9, Daniel R Weimer10 and Zhonghua Xu10, (1)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, (2)National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (4)Augsburg University, Physics, Minneapolis, United States, (5)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (6)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (7)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, (9)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (10)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
The Magnetotail at Lunar Distance (Invited) (59695)
David G Sibeck, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
A Statistical Study of the Magnetic Structure of Magnetic Clouds Downstream of the Earth's Bow Shock (64482)
Lucile Turc, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Dominique Fontaine, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France, Palaiseau, France, K Emilia J Kilpua, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland and C Philippe Escoubet, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2201, Netherlands
On the Origin of Magnetosheath Plasmoids, and Their Relation to Magnetosheath Jets (61785)
Tomas Karlsson1, Elisabet Ida Liljeblad1, Anita Kullen2, Nils Brenning1, Hans Nilsson3, Maria Hamrin4 and Timo Pitkänen5, (1)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)EES KTH Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden, (4)Umeå University, Department of Physics, Umeå, Sweden, (5)University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Influence of the Magnetosheath Waves on the Dayside Reconnection (72353)
Sanni Hoilijoki1,2, Brian Walsh3, Tiera Laitinen1, Yann Pfau-Kempf1,2, Urs Ganse2, Arto Sandroos4, Otto Hannuksela1,2, Sebastian von Alfthan1,5, Heli Hietala6, Rami O Vainio7, Minna Palmroth1, Paul Cassak8 and Christopher Doss8, (1)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland, (3)Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States, (4)Finnish Meteorological Institute, San Francisco, CA, United States, (5)CSC Centre for Scientific Computing, Espoo, Finland, (6)Queen Mary, University of London, Department of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom, (7)University of Turku, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Turku, Finland, (8)West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States
Observational evidence for plasma diffusion driven by Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices at the duskside of the low latitude boundary layer (Invited) (59030)
Guangqing Yan1,2, Forrest Mozer3, Chao Shen1,4, Tai Phan2, George K Parks5, James P McFadden6, Henri Rème7 and Tao Chen1, (1)NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (5)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (6)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (7)IRAP, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France
Statistics on the plasma properties in the magnetosheath and the efficiency of magnetopause reconnection (76648)
Hui Zhang1, Changbo Zhu2, Krishan K Khurana3, Margaret Kivelson4, Zuyin Pu5, Suiyan Fu6, Weixing Wan7, Libo Liu8, Yiding Chen7 and Huijun Le7, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (4)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Peking University, Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Beijing, China, (6)Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China, (7)IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (8)University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Fine Scale Structure of the Afternoon Equatorial Magnetopause as Seen on the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (Invited) (60048)
Christopher T Russell1, Guan Le2, Wolfgang Baumjohann3, Ferdinand Plaschke4, Robert J Strangeway5, Cong Zhao6, Hannes Karl Leinweber7, Brian J Anderson8, David Fischer4, James A Slavin9, Kenneth R Bromund2, Larry Kepko2, Mark Chutter10, Roy B Torbert11, Werner Magnes12, Rumi Nakamura13 and James L Burch14, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, (4)IWF Institute for Space Research, Graz, Austria, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)University of California Los Angeles, IGPP/EPSS, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (7)Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (8)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (9)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (10)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (11)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (12)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, (13)Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, (14)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States
Low-Frequency Wave Activity Detected by MMS during Dusk Magnetopause Crossings and its Relation to Heating and Acceleration of Particles (72270)
Olivier Le Contel1, Alain Roux2, Alessandro Retino3, Laurent Mirioni4, Fouad Sahraoui5, Thomas Chust6, Matthieu Berthomier7, Alexandros Chasapis5, Nicolas Aunai8, Paul Leroy2, Dominique Alison2, Benoit Lavraud9, Per-Arne Lindqvist10, Yuri V Khotyaintsev11, Andris Vaivads12, Goran Tage Marklund13, James L Burch14, Roy B Torbert15, Tom Moore16, James Webster17, Jerry Needell18, Mark Chutter19, David Rau19, Ivan Dors19, John Macri18, Christopher T Russell20, Werner Magnes21, Robert J Strangeway22, Kenneth R Bromund23, Ferdinand Plaschke24, David Fischer24, Hannes Karl Leinweber25, Brian J Anderson26, Rumi Nakamura27, Matthew R Argall28, Guan Le23, James A Slavin29, Larry Kepko23, Wolfgang Baumjohann30, Craig J Pollock31, Barry Mauk32, Stephen A Fuselier14, Dr. Katherine Goodrich33 and Victoria F. D. Wilder34, (1)Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas/CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique-Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, (2)Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (UMR7648), CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/UPMC/Univ. Paris Sud/Obs. de Paris, Paris, France, (3)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (4)Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (UMR7648), CNRS/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Saclay/Obs. de Paris/Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Paris, France, (5)Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Saint-Maur Des Fossés Cedex, France, (6)Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universitaet Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, (7)LPP, Paris, France, (8)Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS, Paris, France, (9)Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Bordeaux, Pessac, France, (10)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (11)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, (12)Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden, (13)Royal Inst Technology, KTH/EES, Stockholm, Sweden, (14)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (15)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (16)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (17)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (18)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (19)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (20)University of California, IGPP/EPSS, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (21)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, (22)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (23)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (24)IWF Institute for Space Research, Graz, Austria, (25)Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (26)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (27)Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, (28)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department for Physics and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Durham, NH, United States, (29)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (30)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, (31)Denali Scientific, NA, Healy, United States, (32)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (33)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (34)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States

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