We study how well the F10.7 and F30 solar radio fluxes represent solar energy input in the thermosphere during the last 60 years. We found that increased saturation of radio fluxes at recent solar minima leads to an overestimation of solar energy, which change the relation between thermospheric parameters and F10.7, but this is not an issue for F30 because of a relative increase of F30 with respect to F10.7. This explains why F30 has been found to represent solar energy better than F10.7.

The frontal region of Earth's magnetic shield, the magnetopause, is very often impacted by high-speed jets of solar origin that can trigger multiple geophysical effects. Our study brings novel results that contribute to understanding the dynamics of such structures. We performed advanced simulations and demonstrate the formation of a peculiar particle distribution of the energy (the crescent-shaped electron distribution) at the edges of plasma jets interacting with the magnetopause.