Dawn-dusk Asymmetries in Planetary Plasma Environments

Content: Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Acronyms xv Part I: External Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries 1 The Magnetosphere of the Earth under Sub?-Alfvenic Solar Wind Conditions as Observed on 24 and 25 May 2002Emmanuel Chane, Joachim Saur, Joachim Raeder, Fritz M  Neubauer, Kristofor M  Maynard, and Stefaan Poedts  3 2 Dayside Magnetosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Changes: Propagation Geometry and SpeedBrian J  Jackel and Konstantin Kabin    15 3 Magnetopause Plasma Parameters and Asymmetries in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere CouplingBrian M  Walsh  29 4 Large?-Scale Simulations of Solar Wind Ion Entry and Dayside Precipitation: Dawn?-Dusk AsymmetryJean Berchem, Robert L  Richard, C  Philippe Escoubet, Simon Wing, and Frederic Pitout    41 5 Dawn?-Dusk Asymmetries of the Earth\'s Dayside Magnetosheath in the Magnetosheath Interplanetary Medium Reference FrameA  P  Dimmock, K  Nykyri, A  Osmane, H  Karimabadi, and T  I  Pulkkinen  49 6 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries at the Terrestrial Magnetopause: ObservationsStein Haaland, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Johan De Keyser, and Lukas Maes 73 7 Magnetopause Thickness at the Dawn and Dusk FlanksJohan De Keyser, Lukas Maes, Romain Maggiolo, and Stein Haaland  85 8 On IMF By-Induced Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Earthward Convective Fast FlowsTimo Pitkanen, Maria Hamrin, Tomas Karlsson, Hans Nilsson, and Anita Kullen  95 9 Time-Dependence of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Terrestrial Ionospheric Convection PatternAdrian Grocott  107 10 The Role of the Upper Atmosphere for Dawn-Dusk Differences in the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere SystemMatthias Forster, Eelco Doornbos, and Stein Haaland 125 11 Surveys of 557    7/630    0 nm Dayside Auroral Emissions inNy-Alesund, Svalbard, and South Pole Station Ze-Jun Hu, Hui-Gen Yang, Yusuke Ebihara, Hong-Qiao Hu, and Bei-Chen Zhang 143 Part II: Internal Contributions to Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries 12 Aspects of the Morning/Afternoon Asymmetry of Geomagnetic Fluctuations at Middle and Low FrequenciesUmberto Villante 157 13 Premidnight Preponderance of Dispersionless Ion and Electron InjectionsChristine Gabrielse, Andrei Runov, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Emma Spanswick, and Drew L  Turner 171 14 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Ultra-Low-Frequency WavesI  Jonathan Rae  187 15 Spatial Structure and Asymmetries of Magnetospheric Currents Inferred from High-Resolution Empirical Geomagnetic Field ModelsMikhail I  Sitnov, Grant K  Stephens, Nikolai A  Tsyganenko, Aleksandr Y  Ukhorskiy, Simon Wing, Haje Korth, and Brian J  Anderson  199 16 A Review of Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries Observed Using the TWINS Mission of OpportunityAmy M  Keesee  213 17 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Solar-Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling in the Earth\'s MidtailChih-Ping Wang, Xiaoyan Xing, T  K  M  Nakamura, Larry R  Lyons, and Vassilis Angelopoulos 223 18 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Magnetotail TransientsAndrei Runov, S  Kiehas, and S  S  Li 233 19 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet: Ion ObservationsElena A  Kronberg, Kun Li, Elena E  Grigorenko, Romain Maggiolo, Stein Haaland, Patrick W  Daly, and Hao Luo 243 20 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in the Auroral Particle Precipitation and Their Modulations by SubstormsSimon Wing, Jay R  Johnson, and Enrico Camporeale  255 21 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries of Ionospheric OutflowKun Li, Elena A  Kronberg, Mats Andre, Patrick W  Daly, Yong Wei, and Stein Haaland  273 22 Conjugate Aurora Location During a Strong IMF By StormWilliam Longley, Patricia Reiff, Antoun G  Daou, and Marc Hairston 285 23 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Auroral Morphology and ProcessesTomas Karlsson, Anita Kullen, and Goran Marklund  295 Part III: Dawn Dusk Asymmetries in Other Planets 24 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Jupiter\'s MagnetosphereBenjamin Palmaerts, Marissa F  Vogt, Norbert Krupp, Denis Grodent, and Bertrand Bonfond 309 25 Local Time Asymmetries in Saturn\'s MagnetosphereJames F  Carbary, Donald G  Mitchell, Abigail M  Rymer, Norbert Krupp, Doug Hamilton, Stamatios M  Krimigis, and Sarah V  Badman 323 26 Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Mercury\'s MagnetosphereTorbjorn Sundberg 337 Index 349