Dayside Low Latitude Reconnection
Evidence for sub-cusp reconnection:
- Chandler et al., JGR, Oct. 1999
- Same 29 May 1996 event,
- D-shaped magnetosheath distributions (65 km/s, 50 eV)
- Cold ionospheric component (2 eV)
- Other cases, e.g. 2000/05/08-07:30
-
Low latitude reconnection pumping dayside plasma and flux into magnetosheath upstream of high lat. Site
- Simultaneous, long-lived high & low lat reconnection.