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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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17 Mar 2017
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THEMIS satellite observations of hot flow anomalies at Earth's bow shock
Christina Chu
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Hui Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
David Sibeck
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Antonius Otto
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
QiuGang Zong
Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Nick Omidi
Solana Scientifica, San Diego, California, USA
James P. McFadden
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Dennis Fruehauff
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.
Hot flow anomalies (HFAs) at Earth's bow shock were identified in Time History of Events and...
