Scale size estimation and flow pattern recognition around a magnetosheath jetShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Annales Geophysicae, ISSN 0992-7689, E-ISSN 1432-0576, Vol. 42, no 1, p. 271-284
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Abstract [en]
Transient enhancements in the dynamic pressure, so-called magnetosheath jets or simply jets, are abundantly found in the magnetosheath. They travel from the bow shock through the magnetosheath towards the magnetopause. On their way through the magnetosheath, jets disturb the ambient plasma. Multiple studies already investigated their scale size perpendicular to their propagation direction, and almost exclusively in a statistical manner. In this paper, we use multi-point measurements from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) mission to study the passage of a single jet. The method described here allows us to estimate the spatial distribution of the dynamic pressure within the jet. Furthermore, the size perpendicular to the propagation direction can be estimated for different cross sections. In the jet event investigated here, both the dynamic pressure and the perpendicular size increase along the propagation axis from the front part towards the center of the jet and decrease again towards the rear part, but neither monotonically nor symmetrically. We obtain a maximum diameter in the perpendicular direction of about 1 RE and a dynamic pressure of about 6 nPa at the jet center.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Copernicus GmbH , 2024. Vol. 42, no 1, p. 271-284
National Category
Fluid Mechanics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-348753DOI: 10.5194/angeo-42-271-2024ISI: 001244753500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85196216195OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-348753DiVA, id: diva2:1878663
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QC 20240701
2024-06-272024-06-272025-02-09Bibliographically approved