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The asymmetric geospace as displayed during the geomagnetic storm on 17 August 2001
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Jone P. Reistad
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Paul Tenfjord
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Karl M. Laundal
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Theresa Rexer
Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Stein E. Haaland
Department of Planets and Comets, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Kristian Snekvik
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Michael Hesse
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Stephen E. Milan
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Anders Ohma
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Short summary
In this paper we take advantage of having two auroral imaging missions giving simultaneous data of both the southern and northern aurora. Combined with all available in situ measurements from space and global ground-based networks, we explore the asymmetric behavior of geospace. We find large auroral asymmetries and different reconnection geometry in the two hemispheres. During substorm expansion phase asymmetries are reduced.
In this paper we take advantage of having two auroral imaging missions giving simultaneous data...
