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  • SH13E-2135: MMS Observations of Low-Latitude Dayside Reconnection Under Predominantly Northward IMF
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Author(s):
Andrew Marshall, Southwest Research Institute (First Author, Presenting Author)
Kevin Genestreti, Southwest Research Institute
Jason Beedle, University of New Hampshire Main Campus
Jason Shuster, University of New Hampshire Main Campus
Steven Heuer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus
Patricia Reiff, Rice University
James Webster, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio
James Burch, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio
Lutz Rastaetter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Roy Torbert, University of New Hampshire
Daniel Gershman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Ergun, Univ Colorado


The magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) spacecraft observed signs of low-latitude reconnection at Earth's dayside magnetopause. This is expected when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is oriented southward, but during this event the IMF was pointed northward. The global simulations were also consistent with a northward IMF throughout the entire time of interest. We seek to resolve this inconsistency and to determine why reconnection was happening on the dayside under these conditions.



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