Earth's Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

Patrick T. Newell and Terry Onsager are the authors of Earth's Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, published by Wiley.

• PrefaceP. T. Newell and T G. Onsager ixHistorical BackgroundHistorical Review (Pre-1980) of Magnetospheric Boundary Layers and the Low-Latitude Boundary LayerTimothy E. Eastman 1LLBL Theory and Modeling From a Global PerspectiveTheory of the Low Latitude Boundary Layer and Its Coupling to the Ionosphere: A Tutorial ReviewBengt U. O. Sonnerup and Keith D. Siebert 13Modeling Magnetospheric SourcesRaymond J. Walker, Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Tatsuki Ogino, Vahe Peroomian, and Robert L Richard 33Interplanetary Magnetic Field-Dependent Impact of Solar Wind Ions on Earth's MagnetopauseVahe Peroomian 45Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and Magnetic Reconnection: Mass Transport at the LLBLA. Otto and K. Nykyri 53LLBL Structure: High-Altitude ObservationsCluster Magnetic Field Observations of Magnetospheric BoundariesT S. Horbury,, A. Balogh, M. W. Dunlop, P. J. Cargill, E. A. Lucek, T Oddyf P. Brown, C. Can  53K.-H. Fornagon, and E. Georgescu 63The Structure of Magnetopause Layers at Low Latitudes: INTERBALL ContributionsZ. Nemecek, J. Safrankova, L Prech, and J.-A. Sauvaud 71Enhanced Magnetospheric/Boundary Layer Plasma Flows Observed During Transient Magnetopause CrossingsK-H. Kim, N. Lin, C A. Cattell, D.-H. Lee, S. Kokubun, T Mukai, and K. Tsuruda 83High-Latitude Magnetic Reconnection in Sub-Alfvenic Flow as Observed by Inter ball Tail on 29 May 1996V. N. Smirnov, L. A. Avanov, J. H. Waite, Jr., S. A. Fuselier, and O. L. Vaisberg 93Energetic Ions in the High Latitude Boundary Layer of the Magnetosphere - RAPID/CLUSTER ObservationQ .- C . Zong, T A. Fritz, B. Wilken, and P. Daly 101Formation of the LLBL by MergingLow-Latitude Boundary Layer Formation by Magnetic ReconnectionT G. Onsager and J. D. Scudder 111 A Model of the Formation of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer for Northward IMF by Reconnection:A Summary and ReviewP. Song, C. T. Russell, T. I. Gombosi, and D. L DeZeeuw 121Formation of the LLBL in the Context of a Unifying Magnetopause Reconnection MechanismAthanasios Boudouridis, Harlan E. Spence, and J. G. Onsager 131Antiparallel Reconnection as a Possible Source of High- and Low-Latitude Boundary LayersA. Federov, E. Budnik, H. Stenuit, T. Moreau, and J.-A. Sauvaud 139Formation of the LLBL by Collective Kinetic EffectsMagnetosheath Injections Deep Inside the Closed LLBL: A Review of ObservationsPatrick T. Newell and Ching-I. Meng 149Initial Condition for Plasma Transfer EventsWalter J. Heikkila 157The Impulsive Penetration Mechanism: Advances in the Numerical and Experimental VerificationMarius M. Echim and Joseph Lemaire 169Signatures of Direct Magnetosheath Plasma Injections Onto Closed Field-Line RegionsBased on Observations at Mid- and Low-AltitudesM. Yamauchi, R. Lundin, O. Norberg, I. Sandahl, L Eliasson, and D. Winningham 1 79LLBL and Wave EffectsELF/VLF Plasma Waves in the Low Latitude Boundary LayerBruce T. Tsurutani, Gurbax S. Lakhina, Liwei Zhang, Jolene S. Pickett, and Yoshiya Kasahara 189Equator-S Observations of Boundary Signatures: FTE's or Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves?K. Nykyri, A. Otto, J. Buchner, B. Nikutowski, W. Baumjohann, L M. Kistler, and C. Mouikis 205Kinetic Alfven Waves at the Magnetopause—Mode Conversion, Transport, and Formation of LLBLJay R. Johnson and C. Z. Cheng 211Nonconjugate ULF Wave Power Observed by Ground Magnetometers in the Northern and SouthernDayside Cusp/Cleft/LLBL RegionsM. J. Engebretson, J. L. Posch, and W. J. Hughes 223High-Latitude Mapping of ULF Activity, Field-Aligned Currents, and DMSP-Based DaysideMagnetospheric DomainsViacheslavA. Pilipenko, Valeriy A. Martines-Bedenko, Mark J. Engebretson, Vladimir O. Pctpitashvilli,and Patrick T. Newell 231