Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
ANGEO
Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-443-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-443-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
Regular paper
 | 
17 Mar 2017
Regular paper |  | 17 Mar 2017

THEMIS satellite observations of hot flow anomalies at Earth's bow shock

Christina Chu, Hui Zhang, David Sibeck, Antonius Otto, QiuGang Zong, Nick Omidi, James P. McFadden, Dennis Fruehauff, and Vassilis Angelopoulos

Data sets

The THEMIS Mission (http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/) V. Angelopoulos https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9336-1

The THEMIS Fluxgate Magnetometer (http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/) H. U. Auster, K. H. Glassmeier, W. Magnes, O. Aydogar, W. Baumjohann, D. Constantinescu, D. Fischer, K. H. Fornacon, E. Georgescu, P. Harvey, O. Hillenmaier, R. Kroth, M. Ludlam, Y. Narita, R. Nakamura, K. Okrafka, F. Plaschke, I. Richter, H. Schwarzl, B. Stoll, A. Valavanoglou, and M. Wiedemann https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9365-9

The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration (http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/) J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, D. Larson, M. Ludlam, R. Abiad, B. Elliott, P. Turin, M. Marckwordt, and V. Angelopoulos https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9440-2

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Hot flow anomalies (HFAs) at Earth's bow shock were identified in Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) satellite data from 2007 to 2009. The events were classified as young or mature and regular or spontaneous hot flow anomalies (SHFAs). HFA–SHFA occurrence decreases with distance upstream from the bow shock. HFAs are more prevalent for radial interplanetary magnetic fields and solar wind speeds from 550 to 600 kms−1.
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