Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Planetary Plasma Environments

Stein Haaland, University of Bergen, NorwayAndrei Runov, University of California, Los Angeles, USAColin Forsyth, University College London, UK

• Contributors viiPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiAcronyms xvPart I: External Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries1 The Magnetosphere of the Earth under Sub-Alfvenic Solar Wind Conditions as Observed on 24 and 25 May 2002Emmanuel Chane, Joachim Saur, Joachim Raeder, Fritz M  Neubauer, Kristofor M  Maynard, and Stefaan Poedts  32 Dayside Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Changes: Propagation Geometry and SpeedBrian J  Jackel and Konstantin Kabin    153 Magnetopause Plasma Parameters and Asymmetries in Solar Wind–Magnetosphere CouplingBrian M  Walsh  294 Large-Scale Simulations of Solar Wind Ion Entry and Dayside Precipitation: Dawn-Dusk AsymmetryJean Berchem, Robert L  Richard, C  Philippe Escoubet, Simon Wing, and Frederic Pitout    415 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of the Earth’s Dayside Magnetosheath in the Magnetosheath Interplanetary Medium Reference FrameA  P  Dimmock, K  Nykyri, A  Osmane, H  Karimabadi, and T  I  Pulkkinen  496 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries at the Terrestrial Magnetopause: ObservationsStein Haaland, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Johan De Keyser, and Lukas Maes 737 Magnetopause Thickness at the Dawn and Dusk FlanksJohan De Keyser, Lukas Maes, Romain Maggiolo, and Stein Haaland  858 On IMF By-Induced Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Earthward Convective Fast FlowsTimo Pitkanen, Maria Hamrin, Tomas Karlsson, Hans Nilsson, and Anita Kullen  959 Time-Dependence of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Terrestrial Ionospheric Convection PatternAdrian Grocott  10710 The Role of the Upper Atmosphere for Dawn-Dusk Differences in the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere SystemMatthias Forster, Eelco Doornbos, and Stein Haaland 12511 Surveys of 557    7/630    0 nm Dayside Auroral Emissions inNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, and South Pole Station Ze-Jun Hu, Hui-Gen Yang, Yusuke Ebihara, Hong-Qiao Hu, and Bei-Chen Zhang 143Part II: Internal Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries12 Aspects of the Morning/Afternoon Asymmetry of Geomagnetic Fluctuations at Middle and Low FrequenciesUmberto Villante 15713 Premidnight Preponderance of Dispersionless Ion and Electron InjectionsChristine Gabrielse, Andrei Runov, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Emma Spanswick, and Drew L  Turner 17114 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Ultra-Low-Frequency WavesI  Jonathan Rae  18715 Spatial Structure and Asymmetries of Magnetospheric Currents Inferred from High-Resolution Empirical Geomagnetic Field ModelsMikhail I  Sitnov, Grant K  Stephens, Nikolai A  Tsyganenko, Aleksandr Y  Ukhorskiy, Simon Wing, Haje Korth, and Brian J  Anderson  19916 A Review of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries Observed Using the TWINS Mission of OpportunityAmy M  Keesee  21317 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Solar-Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling in the Earth’s MidtailChih-Ping Wang, Xiaoyan Xing, T  K  M  Nakamura, Larry R  Lyons, and Vassilis Angelopoulos 22318 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Magnetotail TransientsAndrei Runov, S  Kiehas, and S  S  Li 23319 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet: Ion ObservationsElena A  Kronberg, Kun Li, Elena E  Grigorenko, Romain Maggiolo, Stein Haaland, Patrick W  Daly, and Hao Luo 24320 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Auroral Particle Precipitation and Their Modulations by SubstormsSimon Wing, Jay R  Johnson, and Enrico Camporeale  25521 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Ionospheric OutflowKun Li, Elena A  Kronberg, Mats Andre, Patrick W  Daly, Yong Wei, and Stein Haaland  27322 Conjugate Aurora Location During a Strong IMF By StormWilliam Longley, Patricia Reiff, Antoun G  Daou, and Marc Hairston 28523 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Auroral Morphology and ProcessesTomas Karlsson, Anita Kullen, and Goran Marklund  295Part III: Dawn Dusk Asymmetries in Other Planets24 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Jupiter’s MagnetosphereBenjamin Palmaerts, Marissa F  Vogt, Norbert Krupp, Denis Grodent, and Bertrand Bonfond 30925 Local Time Asymmetries in Saturn’s MagnetosphereJames F  Carbary, Donald G  Mitchell, Abigail M  Rymer, Norbert Krupp, Doug Hamilton, Stamatios M  Krimigis, and Sarah V  Badman 32326 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Mercury’s MagnetosphereTorbjorn Sundberg 337Index 349