TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction

J. Wang; M. W. Dunlop; Z. Y. Pu; X. Z. Zhou; X. G. Zhang; Y. Wei; Suiyan Y. Fu; C. J. Xiao; A. Fazakerley; H. Laakso; M. G.G.T. Taylor; Y. Bogdanova; F. Pitout; J. Davies; Qiu Gang Zong; C. Shen; Z. X. Liu; C. M. Carr; C. Perry; Henri Rème; Iannis Dandouras; Philippe Escoubet; C. J. Owen

doi:10.1029/2006GL028241

TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction

J. Wang^*
, M. W. Dunlop
, Z. Y. Pu
, X. Z. Zhou
, X. G. Zhang
, Y. Wei
, Suiyan Y. Fu
, C. J. Xiao
, A. Fazakerley
, H. Laakso
, M. G.G.T. Taylor
, Y. Bogdanova
, F. Pitout
, J. Davies
, Qiu Gang Zong
, C. Shen
, Z. X. Liu
, C. M. Carr
, C. Perry
, Henri Rème

Iannis Dandouras, Philippe Escoubet, C. J. Owen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	L03106
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028241
State	Published - 16 Feb 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Wang, J., Dunlop, M. W., Pu, Z. Y., Zhou, X. Z., Zhang, X. G., Wei, Y., Fu, S. Y., Xiao, C. J., Fazakerley, A., Laakso, H., Taylor, M. G. G. T., Bogdanova, Y., Pitout, F., Davies, J., Zong, Q. G., Shen, C., Liu, Z. X., Carr, C. M., Perry, C., ... Owen, C. J. (2007). TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(3), Article L03106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028241

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