HR: 14:10h
AN: SM13D-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Local Dynamic Response of the Magnetosphere to Solar Wind Variations: First THEMIS Case Studies
AU: * Glassmeier, K
EM: kh.glassmeier@tu-bs.de
AF: IGEP, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Auster, H
EM: uli.auster@tu-bs.de
AF: IGEP, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Constantinescu, D
EM: d.constantinescu@tu-bs.de
AF: IGEP, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Fornacon, K
EM: k-h.fornacon@tu-bs.de
AF: IGEP, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Plaschke, F
EM: f.plaschke@tu-bs.de
AF: IGEP, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Angelopoulos, V
EM: vassilis@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1, United States
AU: Baumjohann, W
EM: baumjohann@oeaw.ac.at
AF: IWF, OEAW, Schmiedlstraße 6, Graz, 8042, Austria
AU: Georgescu, E
EM: eg@mpe.mpg.de
AF: MPE, Giessenbachstrasse, Garching, 85748, Germany
AU: Magnes, W
EM: werner.magnes@oeaw.ac.at
AF: IWF, OEAW, Schmiedlstraße 6, Graz, 8042, Austria
AU: Mann, I
EM: imann@phys.ualberta.ca
AF: Dept. of Physics, Univ. Alberta, 11322-89 Avenue, Edmonton, T6G 2G7, Canada
AU: Nakamura, R
EM: rumi@oeaw.ac.at
AF: IWF, OEAW, Schmiedlstraße 6, Graz, 8042, Austria
AU: Phan, T
EM: phan@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: SSL, UCB, Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States
AU: Rae, J
EM: jrae@phys.ualberta.ca
AF: Dept. of Physics, Univ. Alberta, 11322-89 Avenue, Edmonton, T6G 2G7, Canada
AB: During the coast phase the five spacecraft of the THEMIS mission regularly traverse the dusk-noon magnetopause boundary region. Like pearls on a string they are aligned with separations between a few hundred and a few thousand kilometres. This enables us the study in detail the local response of the magnetosphere to solar wind induced changes as observations from both sides of the magnetopause boundary region are available. This allows to infer the response function between dynamical processes in the magnetosheath, the boundary layer, and the outer magnetosphere as well as the ground. Several case studies will be presented demonstrating the large variety of local dynamic responses.
DE: 2724 Magnetopause and boundary layers
DE: 2728 Magnetosheath
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2752 MHD waves and instabilities (2149, 6050, 7836)
DE: 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting