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DOI | 10.1029/2021GL092701 |
Global Spatial Distribution of Dipolarization Fronts in the Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations | |
S. B. Xu; S. Y. Huang; Z. G. Yuan; X. H. Deng; K. Jiang; Y. Y. Wei; J. Zhang; Z. H. Zhang; Q. Y. Xiong; L. Yu; R. T. Lin; J. H. Waite | |
2021-08-29 | |
发表期刊 | Geophysical Research Letters |
出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | Dipolarization front (DF), characterized by a sharp increase of the south-north component of the magnetic field, is suggested to play an important role in transferring plasmas, magnetic fluxes, and energy in the planetary magnetosphere. Using the measurements from the Cassini spacecraft between January 1, 2005 and June 15, 2011, we successfully selected 96 DF events, and obtained the global spatial distribution of DFs in the Saturn's magnetosphere. For the first time, we found that DFs are distributed not only in the nightside magnetotail but also in the dayside magnetosphere. The dayside DF events are mainly located from X = 10 RS to X = 30 RS (RS is the Saturn's radius) while the nightside events have a wide range, up to X ∼ -50 RS. Moreover, the DFs are observed to be asymmetric in the south-northern hemisphere: ∼ 70% of events in the northern hemisphere and ∼30% of events in the southern hemisphere, which is likely to be due to the asymmetric orbit coverage of the Cassini in south-northern hemisphere. The occurrence of dayside DFs provides a strong evidence that the magnetic reconnection could also occur in the dayside of Saturn's magnetosphere. Thus, our results concerning the location and distribution of DFs are helpful for the study of the site of magnetic reconnection and energy transport/dissipation in Saturn's magnetosphere. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/336557 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | S. B. Xu,S. Y. Huang,Z. G. Yuan,et al. Global Spatial Distribution of Dipolarization Fronts in the Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2021. |
APA | S. B. Xu.,S. Y. Huang.,Z. G. Yuan.,X. H. Deng.,K. Jiang.,...&J. H. Waite.(2021).Global Spatial Distribution of Dipolarization Fronts in the Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations.Geophysical Research Letters. |
MLA | S. B. Xu,et al."Global Spatial Distribution of Dipolarization Fronts in the Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations".Geophysical Research Letters (2021). |
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