Articles | Volume 37, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-215-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-215-2019
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10 Apr 2019
Regular paper |  | 10 Apr 2019

Local time extent of magnetopause reconnection using space–ground coordination

Ying Zou, Brian M. Walsh, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Vassilis Angelopoulos, J. Michael Ruohoniemi, Kathryn A. McWilliams, and Nozomu Nishitani

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Magnetopause reconnection is a process whereby the Sun explosively transfers energy to the Earth. Whether the process is spatially patchy or spatially continuous and extended has been under long debate. We use space–ground coordination to overcome the limitations of previous studies and reliably interpret spatial extent. Our result strongly indicates that both patchy and extended reconnection is possible and, interestingly, that extended reconnection grows from a localized patch via spreading.