Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions

Quigang Zong, Peking University, China.Philippe Escoubet, European Space Agency, The Netherlands.David Sibeck, LWS Geospace, USA.Guan Le, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.Hui Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA.

• Contributors viiPreface xi1. A Brief History of Dayside Magnetospheric Physics 1A. OttoPart I: Physics of Dayside Magnetospheric Response to Solar Wind Discontinuities2. Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures: Summary of the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Focus Group Findings Between 2012 and 2016 13Hui Zhang and Qiugang Zong3. Transient Solar Wind–Magnetosphere–Ionosphere Interaction Associated with Foreshock and Magnetosheath Transients and Localized Magnetopause Reconnection 39Y. Nishimura, B. Wang, Y. Zou, E. F. Donovan, V. Angelopoulos, J. I. Moen, L. B. Clausen, and T. Nagatsuma4. Dayside Magnetospheric Interactions Inferred from Dayside Diffuse Aurora and Throat Aurora 55De‐Sheng Han5. Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Change: Vortices, ULF Waves, and Aurorae 77Q. Q. Shi, X.‐C. Shen, A. M. Tian, A. W. Degeling, Qiugang Zong, S. Y. Fu, Z. Y. Pu, H. Y. Zhao, Hui Zhang, and S. T. YaoPart II: Structure and Dynamics of Dayside Boundaries6. Cluster Mission’s Recent Highlights at Dayside Boundaries 101Philippe Escoubet, A. Masson, H. Laakso, and M. L. Goldstein7. Structure and Dynamics of the Magnetosheath 117Katariina Nykyri8. An Examination of the Magnetopause Position and Shape Based Upon New Observations 135Z. Němeček, J. Šafránková, and J. Šimůnek9. Methods for Finding Magnetic Nulls and Reconstructing Field Topology: A Review 153H. S. Fu, Z. Wang, Qiugang Zong, X. H. Chen, J. S. He, A. Vaivads, and V. OlshevskyPart III: The Roles of Solar Wind Sources on Wave Generations and Dynamic Processes in the Inner Magnetosphere10. Theoretical Studies of Standing Toroidal Alfvén Waves in Dipole‐Like Magnetosphere 175A. S. Leonovich and D. A. Kozlov11. Ultra-Low-Frequency Wave–Particle Interactions in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt 189R. Rankin, C. R. Wang, Y. F. Wang, Qiugang Zong, X. Z. Zhou, A. W. Degeling, D. Sydorenko, and G. Whittall-Scherfee12. Recent Advances in Understanding Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Due to Wave–Particle Interactions 207W. Li, Q. Ma, J. Bortnik, and R. M. Thorne13. Current Status of Inner Magnetosphere and Radiation Belt Modeling 231Mei‐Ching FokPart IV: Cold Plasmas of Ionospheric Origin and Their Role in Coupling Different Regions in Geospace14. Multi‐Point Observations of the Geospace Plume 245J. C. Foster, P. J. Erickson, B. M. Walsh, J. R. Wygant, A. J. Coster, and Qing‐He Zhang15. Interactions Between ULF Waves and Cold Plasmaspheric Particles 265Qiugang Zong, Jie Ren, and X. Z. Zhou16. Formation and Evolution of Polar Cap Ionospheric Patches and Their Associated Upflows and Scintillations: A Review 285Qing‐He Zhang, Zan‐Yang Xing, Yong Wang, and Yu‐Zhang Ma17. Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions: Progress in Our Understanding and Outstanding Questions 303Qiugang Zong, Philippe Escoubet, David Sibeck, Guan Le, and Hui ZhangIndex 307