Magnetospheric Physics in China：2012-2014

This brief report presents the latest advances of the magnetospheric physics researches in China during the period of 2000-2002, made independently by Chinese space physicists and through international cooperation. The related areas cover almost every aspect of magnetospheric physics.

[1]  S. Y. Huang,et al.  Comparisons of electron acceleration efficiency among different structures during magnetic reconnection: a Cluster multicase study , 2015 .

[2]  J. Sauvaud,et al.  Preliminary empirical model of inner boundary of ion plasma sheet , 2015 .

[3]  Zhiqiang Wang.  Global frequency distributions of pulsations driven by sharp decrease of solar wind dynamic pressure , 2015, Science China Earth Sciences.

[4]  Wolfgang Baumjohann,et al.  Probabilities of Magnetic Reconnection Encounter at Different Activity Levels in the Earth's Magnetotail , 2015 .

[5]  Jiang Yu,et al.  Case study of small scale polytropic index in the central plasma sheet , 2015, Science China Earth Sciences.

[6]  B. Ni,et al.  Observations of large-amplitude electromagnetic waves and associated wave–particle interactions at the dipolarization front in the Earth's magnetotail: A case study , 2015 .

[7]  X. Zhang,et al.  Energy of Alfven waves generated during magnetic reconnection , 2015, 1506.03179.

[8]  Zhijun Ma,et al.  Reconnection dynamics with secondary tearing instability in compressible Hall plasmas , 2015 .

[9]  B. Ni,et al.  Comparison of formulas for resonant interactions between energetic electrons and oblique whistler-mode waves , 2015 .

[10]  Xiaoxin Zhang,et al.  Statistical characteristics of the equatorial boundary of the nightside auroral particle precipitation , 2015, Science China Earth Sciences.

[11]  Xiaohua Deng,et al.  Statistical study on the suprathermal electrons properties around dipolarization fronts in Earth’s magnetotail , 2015 .

[12]  Can Huang,et al.  Evolution of flux ropes in the magnetotail: A three-dimensional global hybrid simulation , 2015 .

[13]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  In situ evidence of breaking the ion frozen-in condition via the non-gyrotropic pressure effect in magnetic reconnection , 2015, 1504.06053.

[14]  Wang Chi,et al.  Effects of the interplanetary magnetic field clock angle on the shape of bow shock , 2015 .

[15]  A. Vaivads,et al.  Dawn-dusk scale of dipolarization front in the Earth’s magnetotail: multi-cases study , 2015 .

[16]  Hui Wang,et al.  The dayside magnetopause location during radial interplanetary magnetic field periods: Cluster observation and model comparison , 2015 .

[17]  Liu Yong,et al.  A Statistical Analysis of Solar Wind Parameters and Geomagnetic Indices during the Solar Cycle 23 , 2015 .

[18]  Weixing Wan,et al.  Electric field penetration into Earth’s ionosphere: a brief review for 2000–2013 , 2015 .

[19]  Q. Lu,et al.  Generation of kinetic Alfven waves in the high-latitude near-Earth magnetotail: A global hybrid simulation , 2015 .

[20]  Q. Zong,et al.  Reconstruction of plasmoid and traveling compression region in the near-Earth magnetotail , 2015 .

[21]  Z.-Q. Liu,et al.  The dipole tilt angle dependence of the bow shock for southward IMF: MHD results , 2015 .

[22]  Z.-Q. Liu,et al.  Pressure balance across the magnetopause: Global MHD results , 2015 .

[23]  Siqing Liu,et al.  Correlated observations and simulations on the buildup of radiation belt electron fluxes driven by substorm injections and chorus waves , 2015 .

[24]  G. Qin,et al.  Perpendicular diffusion of energetic particles: Numerical test of the theorem on reduced dimensionality , 2015 .

[25]  Siqing Liu,et al.  Frequency sweep rates of rising tone electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves: Comparison between nonlinear theory and Cluster observation , 2014 .

[26]  I. Dandouras,et al.  Nonadiabatic acceleration of plasma sheet ions related to ion cyclotron waves , 2014 .

[27]  T. Raita,et al.  Compression-related EMIC waves drive relativistic electron precipitation , 2014 .

[28]  Liu Hui,et al.  Energetics characteristics of the super magnetic storm on November 20, 2003 based on 3D global MHD simulation , 2014 .

[29]  Yong Jiang,et al.  Statistical analysis of outflow ionospheric O+ on the declining phase of solar cycle 23 using Fast observations , 2014 .

[30]  T. Pulkkinen,et al.  An influence of long-lasting and gradual magnetic flux transport on fate of magnetotail fast plasma flows: An energetic particle injection substorm event study , 2014 .

[31]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  Pressure gradient evolution in the near-Earth magnetotail at the arrival of BBFs , 2014 .

[32]  Tao Chen,et al.  Ion flux dropout observed near dipolarization front , 2014 .

[33]  Jiansen He,et al.  Observation of directional change of core field inside flux ropes within one reconnection diffusion region in the Earth’s magnetotail , 2014 .

[34]  R. Walker,et al.  Ion dynamics associated with substorm dipolarization fronts , 2014, Science China Earth Sciences.

[35]  Tielong Zhang,et al.  Evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Venus in the presence of the parallel magnetic field , 2014, 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS).

[36]  Zhiwei Ma,et al.  Reconnection properties in collisionless plasma with open boundary conditions , 2014 .

[37]  L. Huimin,et al.  Electron dynamics and wave activities associated with mirror mode structures in the near-Earth magnetotail , 2014 .

[38]  L. N. Wu,et al.  Linear growth rates of resistive tearing modes with sub-Alfvénic streaming flow , 2014 .

[39]  Z.-Q. Liu,et al.  MHD simulation of energy transfer across magnetopause during sudden changes of the IMF orientation , 2014 .

[40]  Zhao Zheng-yu,et al.  Test particle simulations of resonant interactions between energetic electrons and discrete, multi-frequency artificial whistler waves in the plasmasphere , 2014 .

[41]  Q. Zong,et al.  Generation of proton aurora by magnetosonic waves , 2014, Scientific Reports.

[42]  Wenlong Liu,et al.  A new plasmapause location model based on THEMIS observations , 2014, Science China Earth Sciences.

[43]  A. Du,et al.  Comparing the diurnal variations in the SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices SML and SMU , 2014 .

[44]  H. Lühr,et al.  The spatial distribution of region 2 field-aligned currents relative to subauroral polarization stream , 2014 .

[45]  Chen Zhou,et al.  Resonant scattering of energetic electrons in the plasmasphere by monotonic whistler-mode waves artificially generated by ionospheric modification , 2014 .

[46]  W. Wan,et al.  Oxygen escape from the Earth during geomagnetic reversals: Implications to mass extinction , 2014 .

[47]  G. Qin,et al.  Detailed numerical investigation of 90∘ scattering of energetic particles interacting with magnetic turbulence , 2014 .

[48]  Weijie Sun,et al.  Plasma and Magnetic-Field Characteristics of Magnetic Decreases in the Solar Wind at 1 AU: Cluster-C1 Observations , 2014 .

[49]  Xuhui Shen,et al.  Storm time evolution of ELF/VLF waves observed by DEMETER satellite , 2014 .

[50]  I. Dandouras,et al.  Cold electron heating by EMIC waves in the plasmaspheric plume with observations of the Cluster satellite , 2014 .

[51]  C. Shen,et al.  The loss rates of O + in the inner magnetosphere caused by both magnetic field line curvature scattering and charge exchange reactions , 2014 .

[52]  Q. Lu,et al.  Formation of electron kappa distributions due to interactions with parallel propagating whistler waves , 2014 .

[53]  Lei Zhang,et al.  Response of magnetic fields at geosynchronous orbit and on the ground to the sudden changes of IMF BZ , 2014 .

[54]  Can Huang,et al.  The effect of a guide field on the structures of magnetic islands formed during multiple X line reconnections: Two‐dimensional particle‐in‐cell simulations , 2014 .

[55]  D. Baker,et al.  Nonstorm time dynamics of electron radiation belts observed by the Van Allen Probes , 2014 .

[56]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  Braking of high-speed flows in the magnetotail: THEMIS joint observations , 2014 .

[57]  Z. Voros,et al.  Electron acceleration behind the dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail , 2013, 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS).

[58]  Q. Zong,et al.  THEMIS observation of a magnetotail current sheet flapping wave , 2014 .

[59]  Q. Lu,et al.  Relationship between interplanetary magnetic field clock angle and magnetosphere open magnetic flux , 2014, Chinese Journal of Space Science.

[60]  A. Du,et al.  Multipoint observations of Pi2 pulsations and correlation with dynamic processes in the near-Earth magnetotail on March 18, 2009 , 2014, Science China Earth Sciences.

[61]  A. Runov,et al.  Dipolarization fronts as a consequence of transient reconnection: In situ evidence , 2013 .

[62]  Q. Zong,et al.  Relativistic electron fluxes dropout in the outer radiation belt under different solar wind conditions , 2013 .

[63]  D. Tao,et al.  MHD and kinetic analysis of flow bursts in the Earth’s plasma sheet , 2013 .

[64]  Yanan Dai,et al.  Analysis of magnetotail flux rope events by ARTEMIS observations , 2013 .

[65]  Xuemin Zhang,et al.  DEMETER observations of high‐latitude chorus waves penetrating the plasmasphere during a geomagnetic storm , 2013 .

[66]  I. Dandouras,et al.  Relations of the energetic proton fluxes in the central plasma sheet with solar wind and geomagnetic activities , 2013 .

[67]  Yongliao Zou,et al.  Moon‐based EUV imaging of the Earth's Plasmasphere: Model simulations , 2013 .

[68]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  Current structures associated with dipolarization fronts , 2013 .

[69]  X. Deng,et al.  The turbulence evolution in the high β region of the Earth's foreshock , 2013 .

[70]  L. Y. Li,et al.  Rapid loss of the plasma sheet energetic electrons associated with the growth of whistler mode waves inside the bursty bulk flows , 2013 .

[71]  J. Du,et al.  Asymmetries of the magnetic field line draping shape around Venus , 2013 .

[72]  Q. Zong,et al.  The double‐belt outer radiation belt during CME‐ and CIR‐driven geomagnetic storms , 2013 .

[73]  Jiansen He,et al.  Separator reconnection with antiparallel/component features observed in magnetotail plasmas , 2013 .

[74]  R. Nakamura,et al.  Electric structure of dipolarization fronts associated with interchange instability in the magnetotail , 2013 .

[75]  Z. Pu,et al.  Field‐aligned currents associated with dipolarization fronts , 2013 .

[76]  Hui Wang,et al.  Seasonal variation of the ion upflow in the topside ionosphere during SAPS (subauroral polarization stream) periods , 2013 .

[77]  B. J. Fraser,et al.  EMIC waves observed by Cluster near the plasmapause , 2013 .

[78]  Y. Huigen,et al.  Response of Nightside Aurora to Interplanetary Shock from Ground Optical Observation , 2013 .

[79]  Quanming Lu,et al.  Widths of dayside auroral arcs observed at the Chinese Yellow River Station , 2013 .

[80]  H. Zhang,et al.  Two different types of plasmoids in the plasma sheet: Cluster multisatellite analysis application , 2013 .

[81]  Can Huang,et al.  Self-reinforcing process of the reconnection electric field in the electron diffusion region and onset of collisionless magnetic reconnection , 2013 .

[82]  R. Nakamura,et al.  The proton temperature anisotropy associated with bursty bulk flows in the magnetotail , 2013 .

[83]  Chi Wang,et al.  Global features of Kelvin‐Helmholtz waves at the magnetopause for northward interplanetary magnetic field , 2013 .

[84]  Y. Xiong,et al.  Simultaneous observations of precipitating radiation belt electrons and ring current ions associated with the plasmaspheric plume , 2013 .

[85]  Z. Peng,et al.  Solar wind impacts on growth phase duration and substorm intensity: A statistical approach , 2013 .

[86]  I. Dandouras,et al.  Generation mechanism of the whistler-mode waves in the plasma sheet prior to magnetic reconnection , 2013 .

[87]  Q.‐H. Zhang,et al.  Polar cap patch segmentation of the tongue of ionization in the morning convection cell , 2013 .

[88]  Qingmei Zhang,et al.  Plasma transport between the ionosphere and plasmasphere in response to solar wind dynamic pressure pulsation , 2013 .

[89]  A. Vaivads,et al.  Energetic electron acceleration by unsteady magnetic reconnection , 2013, Nature Physics.

[90]  R. Nakamura,et al.  Observation of multiple sub‐cavities adjacent to single separatrix , 2013 .

[91]  YongFu Wang,et al.  Dynamic variation and the fast acceleration of particles in Earth’s radiation belt , 2013, Science China Earth Sciences.

[92]  Can Huang,et al.  The transfer between electron bulk kinetic energy and thermal energy in collisionless magnetic reconnection , 2013 .

[93]  Beichen Zhang,et al.  THEMIS and ground-based observations of successive substorm onsets following a super-long growth phase , 2013 .

[94]  Q. Zong,et al.  Chang’E-1 observations of pickup ions near the Moon under different interplanetary magnetic field conditions , 2013 .

[95]  Q. Lu,et al.  Estimating the open magnetic flux from the interplanetary and ionospheric conditions , 2013 .

[96]  Weiqi Xu,et al.  Solar wind dependence of energy coupling between solar wind and magnetosphere during intense northward IMFs , 2013 .

[97]  Q. Zong,et al.  Determining the mechanism of cusp proton aurora , 2013, Scientific Reports.

[98]  Shunrong Zhang,et al.  Ionospheric characteristics associated with wave–particle interactions in a SED plume during a super geomagnetic storm , 2013 .

[99]  H. Rème,et al.  Slow magnetosonic waves detected in reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail , 2013 .

[100]  Zejun Hu,et al.  The hemispheric conjugate observation of postnoon “bright spots”/auroral spirals , 2013 .

[101]  A. Du,et al.  The magnetic local time distribution of ring current during the geomagnetic storm , 2013 .

[102]  L. Y. Li,et al.  Joint responses of geosynchronous magnetic field and relativistic electrons to external changes in solar wind dynamic pressure and interplanetary magnetic field , 2013 .

[103]  M. Volwerk,et al.  Three‐dimensional magnetic flux rope structure formed by multiple sequential X‐line reconnection at the magnetopause , 2013 .

[104]  Wolfgang Baumjohann,et al.  Evidence of transient reconnection in the outflow jet of primary reconnection site , 2013 .

[105]  Hongqiao Hu,et al.  Direct Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Ionization Patches , 2013, Science.

[106]  Hui Li,et al.  Effect of the solar wind conditions on the ionospheric equivalent current systems , 2013 .

[107]  S. Fu,et al.  Downward current electron beams observed at the dipolarization front , 2013 .

[108]  Can Huang,et al.  Out‐of‐plane electron currents in magnetic islands formed during collisionless magnetic reconnection , 2013 .

[109]  Zejun Hu,et al.  Dayside poleward moving auroral forms and ionospheric convection under stable interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions , 2013 .

[110]  M. Dunlop,et al.  Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times , 2013, Nature Communications.

[111]  R. Walker,et al.  Cluster observations of kinetic structures and electron acceleration within a dynamic plasma bubble , 2013 .

[112]  G. Parks,et al.  Solar cycle dependence of the seasonal variation of auroral hemispheric power , 2013 .

[113]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  THEMIS observations of ULF wave excitation in the nightside plasma sheet during sudden impulse events , 2013 .

[114]  Q. Zong,et al.  Cluster observations of hot flow anomalies with large flow deflections: 2. Bow shock geometry at HFA edges , 2013 .

[115]  G. Parks,et al.  Kinetic analysis of the energy transport of bursty bulk flows in the plasma sheet , 2013 .

[116]  Zejun Hu,et al.  Strong diffusion limit in the realistic magnetosphere: Dependence on geomagnetic condition and spatial location , 2013 .

[117]  W. Wan,et al.  Method for inferring the axis orientation of cylindrical magnetic flux rope based on single‐point measurement , 2013 .

[118]  C. Wang,et al.  Substorms under northward interplanetary magnetic field: Statistical study , 2013 .

[119]  Qingmei Zhang,et al.  Simultaneous observations of plasmaspheric and ionospheric variations during magnetic storms in 2011: First result from Chinese Meridian Project , 2013 .

[120]  Chi Wang,et al.  Improved method to derive equivalent current systems from global MHD simulations , 2013, Science China Earth Sciences.

[121]  Qingmei Zhang,et al.  Response of the Ionospheric Equivalent Current Systems to Interplanetary Shocks , 2013, Chinese Journal of Space Science.

[122]  L. Jian.  Response of nightside aurora to interplanetary shock from ground optical observation , 2013 .

[123]  X. Zan.  A parameter model of auroral emissions and particle precipitation near magnetic noon , 2013 .

[124]  A. Duan,et al.  Cluster observations of large-scale southward movement and dawnward-duskward flapping of Earth’s magnetotail current sheet , 2013 .

[125]  L. Zhenxing,et al.  Simulation and comparison of particles entering the plasma sheet under northward and southward IMF conditions , 2012 .

[126]  Q. Zong,et al.  Cluster observations of hot flow anomalies with large flow deflections: 1. Velocity deflections , 2012 .

[127]  H. Zhang,et al.  Poloidal ULF wave observed in the plasmasphere boundary layer , 2012 .

[128]  Y. Wang,et al.  Observations of ionospheric electron beams in the plasma sheet. , 2012, Physical review letters.

[129]  Q. Zong,et al.  Quantitative aspects of variations of 1.5–6.0 MeV electrons in the outer radiation belt during magnetic storms , 2012 .

[130]  Tao Chen,et al.  Spectral characteristics of the plasma dispersionless injection during the storm recovery phase on 11 March 1998 , 2012 .

[131]  Weixing Wan,et al.  Spatial gradients from irregular, multiple-point spacecraft configurations , 2012 .

[132]  M. W. Dunlop,et al.  Determining the full magnetic field gradient from two spacecraft measurements under special constraints , 2012 .

[133]  Q. Zong,et al.  Auroral streamers implication for the substorm progression on September 14, 2004 , 2012 .

[134]  B. J. Fraser,et al.  Pc2 EMIC waves generated high off the equator in the dayside outer magnetosphere , 2012 .

[135]  Zejun Hu,et al.  Intensification of dayside diffuse auroral precipitation: contribution of dayside Whistler-mode chorus waves in realistic magnetic fields , 2012 .

[136]  Zhensen Wu,et al.  Poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) observed at the Yellow River Station: A statistical study of its dependence on the solar wind conditions , 2012 .

[137]  F. Xiao,et al.  Bounce-averaged advection and diffusion coefficients for monochromatic electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave: Comparison between test-particle and quasi-linear models , 2012 .

[138]  S. Y. Huang,et al.  Deformation of plasma bubbles and the associated field aligned current system during substorm recovery phase , 2012 .

[139]  T. Sun,et al.  Geosynchronous magnetic field responses to fast solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements: MHD field model , 2012 .

[140]  Y. Xiong,et al.  Characteristics of precipitating energetic ions/electrons associated with the wave-particle interaction in the plasmaspheric plume , 2012 .

[141]  Beichen Zhang,et al.  Inner plasma structure of the low-latitude reconnection layer , 2012 .

[142]  Chi Wang,et al.  Spatial distribution of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at low-latitude boundary layer under different solar wind speed conditions , 2012 .

[143]  Su-Hua Wei,et al.  Anomalous Resistivity Associated with Secondary Islands in the Reconnection Region , 2012 .

[144]  Xiaojun Xu,et al.  Revealing the sub-structures of the magnetic reconnection separatrix via particle-in-cell simulation , 2012 .

[145]  YongFu Wang,et al.  Statistical study of the properties of the magnetic field and plasma in the earth’s magnetotail near lunar orbit , 2012, Science China Technological Sciences.

[146]  Q. Zong,et al.  Statistical study of the properties of the magnetic field and plasma in the earth’s magnetotail near lunar orbit , 2012 .

[147]  Chen Zhou,et al.  Resonance zones and quasi-linear diffusion coefficients for radiation belt energetic electron interaction with oblique chorus waves in the Dungey magnetosphere , 2012 .

[148]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  Tailward leap of multiple expansions of the plasma sheet during a moderately intense substorm: THEMIS observations , 2012 .

[149]  Jun Yu Li,et al.  Mechanism of substorm current wedge formation: THEMIS observations , 2012 .

[150]  A. Vaivads,et al.  Electron acceleration in the reconnection diffusion region: Cluster observations , 2012 .

[151]  M. Dunlop,et al.  Profile of strong magnetic field By component in magnetotail current sheets , 2012 .

[152]  A. Vaivads,et al.  Observations of turbulence within reconnection jet in the presence of guide field , 2012 .

[153]  Q. Zong,et al.  Study of the nose event on 11 April 2002 with UBK method , 2012 .

[154]  Yu-Tu Wang,et al.  Different Bz response regions in the nightside magnetosphere after the arrival of an interplanetary shock: Multipoint observations compared with MHD simulations , 2012 .

[155]  C. Wang,et al.  Modeling geomagnetically induced electric field and currents by combining a global MHD model with a local one‐dimensional method , 2012 .

[156]  Q. Zong,et al.  The role of electrons during chorus intensification: Energy source and energy loss , 2012 .

[157]  Can Huang,et al.  Kinetic simulations of the structures of magnetic island in multiple X line guide field reconnection , 2012 .

[158]  Zhaohui Huang,et al.  Numerical study on the response of the Earth’s magnetosphere-ionosphere system to a super solar storm , 2012, Science China Earth Sciences.

[159]  S. Y. Huang,et al.  Electric field structure inside the secondary island in the reconnection diffusion region , 2012 .

[160]  W. Xu,et al.  Characteristics of magnetospheric energetics during geomagnetic storms , 2012 .

[161]  M. Dunlop,et al.  Cluster and TC-1 observation of magnetic holes in the plasma sheet , 2012 .

[162]  Q. Zong,et al.  Cases and statistical study on Hot Flow Anomalies with Cluster spacecraft data , 2012 .

[163]  Jinbin Cao,et al.  Differences between onset times of bursty bulk flows (BBFs) of two Cluster satellites in the magnetotail , 2012 .

[164]  M. W. Dunlop,et al.  SuperDARN CUTLASS Finland radar observations of high-latitude magnetic reconnections under northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions , 2012 .

[165]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  Observations of kinetic Alfvén waves by THEMIS near a substorm onset , 2012 .

[166]  X. Zhang,et al.  Dynamics of long-period ULF waves in the plasma sheet: Coordinated space and ground observations , 2012 .

[167]  Y. Xiong,et al.  Wave‐particle interaction in a plasmaspheric plume observed by a Cluster satellite , 2012 .

[168]  Dan Xu,et al.  Constraints on electron temperature anisotropies in sheath regions of interplanetary shocks , 2012 .

[169]  Shiyong Huang,et al.  Energetic electrons associated with magnetic reconnection in the sheath of interplanetary coronal mass ejection , 2012 .

[170]  Q. Zong,et al.  Reconstruction of morningside plasma sheet compressional ULF Pc5 wave , 2012 .

[171]  Sai Zhang,et al.  Rapid acceleration of radiation belt energetic electrons by Z‐mode waves , 2012 .

[172]  V. Angelopoulos,et al.  On the retreat of near-Earth neutral line during substorm expansion phase: a THEMIS case study during the 9 January 2008 substorm , 2012 .

[173]  X. Deng,et al.  Kinetic structure and wave properties associated with sharp dipolarization front observed by Cluster , 2012 .

[174]  Cao Jinbin,et al.  Influence of Solar Wind Disturbance on Ring Current and Auroral Electrojet Indexes , 2012 .

[175]  Hong Ming.  Multi-point joint observations of long-time continual Pc5 ULF waves on 3 March 2007 , 2012 .

[176]  F. Mozer,et al.  Chorus intensification in response to interplanetary shock , 2012 .

[177]  Chi Wang,et al.  Bow shock and magnetopause contributions to the magnetospheric current system: Hints from the Cluster observations , 2012 .