On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets

Plaschke, Ferdinand; Jernej, Maria; Hietala, Heli; Vuorinen, Laura

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-287-2020

Articles | Volume 38, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-287-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-287-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 38, issue 2

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On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets

Ferdinand Plaschke, Maria Jernej, Heli Hietala, and Laura Vuorinen

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RC1: 'Review of 'On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets'', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to the reviewers' comments', Ferdinand Plaschke, 28 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets” by Ferdinand Plaschke et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to the reviewers' comments', Ferdinand Plaschke, 28 Nov 2019
RC3: 'Review of “On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets” by Plaschke et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to the reviewers' comments', Ferdinand Plaschke, 28 Nov 2019
RC4: 'Referee report on "On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets”"', Anonymous Referee #4, 03 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to the reviewers' comments', Ferdinand Plaschke, 28 Nov 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Dec 2019) by Matina Gkioulidou

AR by Ferdinand Plaschke on behalf of the Authors (31 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2020) by Matina Gkioulidou

AR by Ferdinand Plaschke on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2020)

Short summary

Jets of solar-wind plasma commonly hit the Earth's magnetosphere. Using data from the four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft, we show statistically that within jets the magnetic field is more aligned with the plasma flow direction than outside of these jets. Our study confirms prior simulation results, but it also shows that the average effect is moderate. The jets' magnetic field is important with respect to their impact on space weather.