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GRL:Intermittent lobe reconnection under prolonged northward interplanetary magnetic field condition: Insights from cusp spot event observations

Time: 2024-05-07Views: 11

Xiong, Y.-Ta., Han, D.-Sa., Wang, Z.-Wa., Shi, Ra.,  Feng, H.-Ta.


aState Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai, China


Abstract: Previous studies have suggested that lobe reconnection under stable northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions should be continuous. However, to what extent it can be considered as continuous is unknown. Auroral cusp spots have been considered a signature of lobe reconnection. Here, we show that during a cusp spot event continuously observed by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program for approximately 4 hr under stable IMF conditions, the ground radars recorded multiple intermittent equatorward-moving radar forms (EMRFs) near local noon and multiple intermittent poleward-moving radar forms (PMRFs) at post-noon, each lasting ∼20–30 min. These intermittent EMRFs and PMRFs are suggested to correspond to intermittent lobe reconnections occurring at the cusp's poleward boundary near local noon and the duskside boundary at post-noon, respectively. These findings challenge the previously held notion of continuous lobe reconnection under stable IMF conditions.


Full Article: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106387



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