Towards Effective Reconnection Rates: Estimating a Stable Magnetopause Normal

Sarah K. Vines1, Brian J Anderson2, Steven J Schwartz3,4, Robert J Strangeway5, Richard Eugene Denton6, Ian J Cohen1, Barbara L Giles7, Roy B Torbert8, Barry Mauk1 and James L Burch9, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)Earth and 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)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (8)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (9)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States