Interhemispheric Comparison of Dipole Tilt Angle Effects on Latitude of Mid-Altitude Cusp

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2008, Vol. 25

Issue (5): 1916-1918 DOI:

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Interhemispheric Comparison of Dipole Tilt Angle Effects on Latitude of Mid-Altitude Cusp

GUO Jian-Guang^1,2;SHI Jian-Kui¹;ZHANG Tie-Long³;LIU Zhen-Xing¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080²Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049³Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria

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GUO Jian-Guang, SHI Jian-Kui, ZHANG Tie-Long et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 1916-1918

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Abstract A statistical study of interhemispheric comparison of dipole tilt angle effect on the latitude of the mid-altitude cusp is preformed by a data set of the Cluster cusp crossings over a 5-year period. The result shows that the dipole tilt angle has a clear control of the cusp latitudinal location. When the dipole tilts sunwards, the cusp is shifted poleward. The northern cusp moves 1° ILAT for every 15.4° increase in the dipole tilt angle, while the southern cusp moves 1° ILAT for every 20.8° increase in the dipole tilt angle. This suggests that an interhemispheric difference appears in the dependence of cusp latitudinal location on the dipole tilt angle.

Keywords: 94.20.Wh 94.30.Cg 94.30.C-

Received: 18 September 2007 Published: 29 April 2008

PACS:	94.20.wh	(Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions)
	94.30.cg	(Magnetospheric cusp)
	94.30.C-	(Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

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