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DawnDusk Asymmetries in Planetary Plasma Environments

Dawn-dusk asymmetries are ubiquitous features of the plasma environment of many of the planets in our solar system. They occur when a particular process or feature is more pronounced at one side of a planet than the other. For example, recent observations indicate that Earth''s magnetopause is thicker at dawn than at dusk. Likewise, auroral breakups at Earth are more likely to occur in the pre-midnight than post-midnight sectors. Increasing availability of remotely sensed and in situ measurements of planetary ionospheres, magnetospheres and their interfaces to the solar wind have revealed significant and persistent dawn-dusk asymmetries. As yet there is no consensus regarding the source of many of these asymmetries, nor the physical mechanisms by which they are produced and maintained.

Volume highlights include:

  • A comprehensive and updated overview of current knowledge about dawn-dusk asymmetries

    Table of Contents

    Contributors vii

    Preface xi

    Acknowledgments xiii

    Acronyms xv

    Part I: External Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries

    1 The Magnetosphere of the Earth under Sub-Alfvenic Solar Wind Conditions as Observed on 24 and 25 May 2002
    Emmanuel Chane, Joachim Saur, Joachim Raeder, Fritz M Neubauer, Kristofor M Maynard, and Stefaan Poedts 3

    2 Dayside Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Changes: Propagation Geometry and Speed
    Brian J Jackel and Konstantin Kabin 15

    3 Magnetopause Plasma Parameters and Asymmetries in Solar Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling
    Brian M Walsh 29

    4 Large-Scale Simulations of Solar Wind Ion Entry and Dayside Precipitation: Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry
    Jean Berchem, Robert L Richard, C Philippe Escoubet, Simon Wing, and Frederic Pitout 41

    5 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of the Earth’s Dayside Magnetosheath in the Magnetosheath Interplanetary Medium Reference Frame
    A P Dimmock, K Nykyri, A Osmane, H Karimabadi, and T I Pulkkinen 49

    6 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries at the Terrestrial Magnetopause: Observations
    Stein Haaland, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Johan De Keyser, and Lukas Maes 73

    7 Magnetopause Thickness at the Dawn and Dusk Flanks
    Johan De Keyser, Lukas Maes, Romain Maggiolo, and Stein Haaland 85

    8 On IMF By-Induced Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Earthward Convective Fast Flows
    Timo Pitkanen, Maria Hamrin, Tomas Karlsson, Hans Nilsson, and Anita Kullen 95

    9 Time-Dependence of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Terrestrial Ionospheric Convection Pattern
    Adrian Grocott 107

    10 The Role of the Upper Atmosphere for Dawn-Dusk Differences in the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
    Matthias Forster, Eelco Doornbos, and Stein Haaland 125

    11 Surveys of 557 7/630 0 nm Dayside Auroral Emissions in
    Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, and South Pole Station Ze-Jun Hu, Hui-Gen Yang, Yusuke Ebihara, Hong-Qiao Hu, and Bei-Chen Zhang 143

    Part II: Internal Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries

    12 Aspects of the Morning/Afternoon Asymmetry of Geomagnetic Fluctuations at Middle and Low Frequencies
    Umberto Villante 157

    13 Premidnight Preponderance of Dispersionless Ion and Electron Injections
    Christine Gabrielse, Andrei Runov, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Emma Spanswick, and Drew L Turner 171

    14 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves
    I Jonathan Rae 187

    15 Spatial Structure and Asymmetries of Magnetospheric Currents Inferred from High-Resolution Empirical Geomagnetic Field Models
    Mikhail I Sitnov, Grant K Stephens, Nikolai A Tsyganenko, Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy, Simon Wing, Haje Korth, and Brian J Anderson 199

    16 A Review of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries Observed Using the TWINS Mission of Opportunity
    Amy M Keesee 213

    17 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Solar-Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling in the Earth’s Midtail
    Chih-Ping Wang, Xiaoyan Xing, T K M Nakamura, Larry R Lyons, and Vassilis Angelopoulos 223

    18 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Magnetotail Transients
    Andrei Runov, S Kiehas, and S S Li 233

    19 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet: Ion Observations
    Elena A Kronberg, Kun Li, Elena E Grigorenko, Romain Maggiolo, Stein Haaland, Patrick W Daly, and Hao Luo 243

    20 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Auroral Particle Precipitation and Their Modulations by Substorms
    Simon Wing, Jay R Johnson, and Enrico Camporeale 255

    21 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Ionospheric Outflow
    Kun Li, Elena A Kronberg, Mats Andre, Patrick W Daly, Yong Wei, and Stein Haaland 273

    22 Conjugate Aurora Location During a Strong IMF By Storm
    William Longley, Patricia Reiff, Antoun G Daou, and Marc Hairston 285

    23 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Auroral Morphology and Processes
    Tomas Karlsson, Anita Kullen, and Goran Marklund 295

    Part III: Dawn Dusk Asymmetries in Other Planets

    24 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
    Benjamin Palmaerts, Marissa F Vogt, Norbert Krupp, Denis Grodent, and Bertrand Bonfond 309

    25 Local Time Asymmetries in Saturn’s Magnetosphere
    James F Carbary, Donald G Mitchell, Abigail M Rymer, Norbert Krupp, Doug Hamilton, Stamatios M Krimigis, and Sarah V Badman 323

    26 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Mercury’s Magnetosphere
    Torbjorn Sundberg 337

    Index 349

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/12/2017
      ISBN13: 9781119216322, 978-1119216322
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      Book Synopsis

      DawnDusk Asymmetries in Planetary Plasma Environments

      Dawn-dusk asymmetries are ubiquitous features of the plasma environment of many of the planets in our solar system. They occur when a particular process or feature is more pronounced at one side of a planet than the other. For example, recent observations indicate that Earth''s magnetopause is thicker at dawn than at dusk. Likewise, auroral breakups at Earth are more likely to occur in the pre-midnight than post-midnight sectors. Increasing availability of remotely sensed and in situ measurements of planetary ionospheres, magnetospheres and their interfaces to the solar wind have revealed significant and persistent dawn-dusk asymmetries. As yet there is no consensus regarding the source of many of these asymmetries, nor the physical mechanisms by which they are produced and maintained.

      Volume highlights include:

      • A comprehensive and updated overview of current knowledge about dawn-dusk asymmetries

        Table of Contents

        Contributors vii

        Preface xi

        Acknowledgments xiii

        Acronyms xv

        Part I: External Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries

        1 The Magnetosphere of the Earth under Sub-Alfvenic Solar Wind Conditions as Observed on 24 and 25 May 2002
        Emmanuel Chane, Joachim Saur, Joachim Raeder, Fritz M Neubauer, Kristofor M Maynard, and Stefaan Poedts 3

        2 Dayside Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Changes: Propagation Geometry and Speed
        Brian J Jackel and Konstantin Kabin 15

        3 Magnetopause Plasma Parameters and Asymmetries in Solar Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling
        Brian M Walsh 29

        4 Large-Scale Simulations of Solar Wind Ion Entry and Dayside Precipitation: Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry
        Jean Berchem, Robert L Richard, C Philippe Escoubet, Simon Wing, and Frederic Pitout 41

        5 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of the Earth’s Dayside Magnetosheath in the Magnetosheath Interplanetary Medium Reference Frame
        A P Dimmock, K Nykyri, A Osmane, H Karimabadi, and T I Pulkkinen 49

        6 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries at the Terrestrial Magnetopause: Observations
        Stein Haaland, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Johan De Keyser, and Lukas Maes 73

        7 Magnetopause Thickness at the Dawn and Dusk Flanks
        Johan De Keyser, Lukas Maes, Romain Maggiolo, and Stein Haaland 85

        8 On IMF By-Induced Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Earthward Convective Fast Flows
        Timo Pitkanen, Maria Hamrin, Tomas Karlsson, Hans Nilsson, and Anita Kullen 95

        9 Time-Dependence of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Terrestrial Ionospheric Convection Pattern
        Adrian Grocott 107

        10 The Role of the Upper Atmosphere for Dawn-Dusk Differences in the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
        Matthias Forster, Eelco Doornbos, and Stein Haaland 125

        11 Surveys of 557 7/630 0 nm Dayside Auroral Emissions in
        Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, and South Pole Station Ze-Jun Hu, Hui-Gen Yang, Yusuke Ebihara, Hong-Qiao Hu, and Bei-Chen Zhang 143

        Part II: Internal Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries

        12 Aspects of the Morning/Afternoon Asymmetry of Geomagnetic Fluctuations at Middle and Low Frequencies
        Umberto Villante 157

        13 Premidnight Preponderance of Dispersionless Ion and Electron Injections
        Christine Gabrielse, Andrei Runov, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Emma Spanswick, and Drew L Turner 171

        14 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves
        I Jonathan Rae 187

        15 Spatial Structure and Asymmetries of Magnetospheric Currents Inferred from High-Resolution Empirical Geomagnetic Field Models
        Mikhail I Sitnov, Grant K Stephens, Nikolai A Tsyganenko, Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy, Simon Wing, Haje Korth, and Brian J Anderson 199

        16 A Review of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries Observed Using the TWINS Mission of Opportunity
        Amy M Keesee 213

        17 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Solar-Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling in the Earth’s Midtail
        Chih-Ping Wang, Xiaoyan Xing, T K M Nakamura, Larry R Lyons, and Vassilis Angelopoulos 223

        18 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Magnetotail Transients
        Andrei Runov, S Kiehas, and S S Li 233

        19 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet: Ion Observations
        Elena A Kronberg, Kun Li, Elena E Grigorenko, Romain Maggiolo, Stein Haaland, Patrick W Daly, and Hao Luo 243

        20 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Auroral Particle Precipitation and Their Modulations by Substorms
        Simon Wing, Jay R Johnson, and Enrico Camporeale 255

        21 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Ionospheric Outflow
        Kun Li, Elena A Kronberg, Mats Andre, Patrick W Daly, Yong Wei, and Stein Haaland 273

        22 Conjugate Aurora Location During a Strong IMF By Storm
        William Longley, Patricia Reiff, Antoun G Daou, and Marc Hairston 285

        23 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Auroral Morphology and Processes
        Tomas Karlsson, Anita Kullen, and Goran Marklund 295

        Part III: Dawn Dusk Asymmetries in Other Planets

        24 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
        Benjamin Palmaerts, Marissa F Vogt, Norbert Krupp, Denis Grodent, and Bertrand Bonfond 309

        25 Local Time Asymmetries in Saturn’s Magnetosphere
        James F Carbary, Donald G Mitchell, Abigail M Rymer, Norbert Krupp, Doug Hamilton, Stamatios M Krimigis, and Sarah V Badman 323

        26 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Mercury’s Magnetosphere
        Torbjorn Sundberg 337

        Index 349

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