Field Aligned Currents | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 02 May 2022

Statistical Analysis of Bifurcating Region 2 Field-Aligned Currents Using AMPERE

in Space Physics

H. K. Sangha
S. E. Milan
B. J. Anderson
H. Korth

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.731925

3,410 views
2 citations

Technology and Code

Published on 13 Mar 2023

SwarmFACE: A Python package for field-aligned currents exploration with Swarm

in Space Physics

Adrian Blagau
Joachim Vogt

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.1077845

3,690 views
4 citations

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 06 Oct 2020

Topside Reconnection

in Space Physics

R. A. Treumann
W. Baumjohann

Frontiers in Physics

doi 10.3389/fphy.2020.586082

1,838 views

Original Research

Published on 22 May 2023

RCM modeling of bubble injections into the inner magnetosphere: geosynchronous orbit and the ionospheric responses

in Space Physics

Sina Sadeghzadeh
Jian Yang
Frank Toffoletto
Richard Wolf
Ameneh Mousavi
Chih-Ping Wang

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1189298

3,768 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Jun 2022

Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices as an Interplay of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

in Space Physics

K.-J. Hwang
J. M. Weygand
D. G. Sibeck
J. L. Burch
M. L. Goldstein
C. P. Escoubet
E. Choi
K. Dokgo
B. L. Giles
C. J. Pollock

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.895514

3,998 views
11 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Jun 2025

Characteristics of multiple transpolar arcs motion and its corresponding magnetospheric dynamic process

in Space Physics

Yan-Ju Sun
Qing-He Zhang
Zan-Yang Xing
Xiang-Yu Wang
Duan Zhang
Bin-Bin Tang
Sheng Lu
Yu-Zhang Ma
Yong Wang
Zhi-Feng Xiu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1589264

2,141 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 21 Oct 2025

Magnetospheric and ionospheric vortices response to negative solar wind dynamic pressure pulse

in Space Physics

Huayu Zhao
Huigen Yang
Zejun Hu
Dehong Huang
Bin Li
Beichen Zhang
Jianjun Liu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1679376

1,233 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 16 Apr 2026

Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices in the Magnetopause Boundary Layer Associated with Auroral Beads: Conjunction Observations from MMS and DMSP

in Space Physics

YunTian Hou
Suping Duan
Lei Dai
Chi Wang
Bruce Tsurutani

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

303 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2021

The Occurrence and Prevalence of Time Domain Structures in the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at Different Positions Along the Earth’s Magnetospheric Flanks

in Space Physics

F. D. Wilder
R. E. Ergun
D. Gove
S. Eriksson
P. Hansel
N. Ahmadi
D. M. Malaspina
J. L. Burch
R. B. Torbert
R. J. Strangeway

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2021.756563

2,529 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 19 Dec 2022

PC index as a ground-based indicator of the solar wind energy incoming into the magnetosphere: (1) relation of PC index to the solar wind electric field EKL

in Space Physics

O. A. Troshichev

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.1069470

4,915 views
12 citations

Methods

Published on 10 Nov 2022

The magnetosphere-ionosphere observatory (MIO) mission concept

in Space Physics

Joseph E. Borovsky
Brian A. Bauer
Michael Holloway

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.1052359

4,639 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 24 Dec 2024

Curlometer and gradient techniques: past and future applications

in Space Physics

M. W. Dunlop
H.-S. Fu
C. Shen
X. Tan
X.-C. Dong
Y.-Y. Yang
P. Robert
C. P. Escoubet

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1422341

2,474 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 Sep 2021

Impact of Foreshock Transients on the Flank Magnetopause and Magnetosphere and the Ionosphere

in Space Physics

Chih-Ping Wang
Xueyi Wang
Terry Z. Liu
Yu Lin

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2021.751244

4,128 views
19 citations

Review

Published on 16 Feb 2023

Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere

in Space Physics

Mike Lockwood
Stephen E. Milan

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1139295

4,361 views
9 citations

Perspective

Published on 05 Aug 2024

Crucial future observations and directions for unveiling magnetopause dynamics and their geospace impacts

in Space Physics

Martin O. Archer
Xueling Shi
Maria-Theresia Walach
Michael D. Hartinger
D. Megan Gillies
Simone Di Matteo
Frances Staples
Katariina Nykyri

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1430099

2,900 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 27 Feb 2023

Inter-hemispheric asymmetries in high-latitude electrodynamic forcing and the thermosphere during the October 8–9, 2012, geomagnetic storm: An integrated data–Model investigation

in Space Physics

Yu Hong
Yue Deng
Qingyu Zhu
Astrid Maute
Marc R. Hairston
Colin Waters
Cheng Sheng
Daniel Welling
Ramon E. Lopez

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1062265

3,880 views
11 citations

Articles

Statistical Analysis of Bifurcating Region 2 Field-Aligned Currents Using AMPERE

SwarmFACE: A Python package for field-aligned currents exploration with Swarm

Topside Reconnection

RCM modeling of bubble injections into the inner magnetosphere: geosynchronous orbit and the ionospheric responses

Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices as an Interplay of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

Characteristics of multiple transpolar arcs motion and its corresponding magnetospheric dynamic process

Magnetospheric and ionospheric vortices response to negative solar wind dynamic pressure pulse

Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices in the Magnetopause Boundary Layer Associated with Auroral Beads: Conjunction Observations from MMS and DMSP

The Occurrence and Prevalence of Time Domain Structures in the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at Different Positions Along the Earth’s Magnetospheric Flanks

PC index as a ground-based indicator of the solar wind energy incoming into the magnetosphere: (1) relation of PC index to the solar wind electric field EKL

The magnetosphere-ionosphere observatory (MIO) mission concept

Curlometer and gradient techniques: past and future applications

Impact of Foreshock Transients on the Flank Magnetopause and Magnetosphere and the Ionosphere

Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere

Crucial future observations and directions for unveiling magnetopause dynamics and their geospace impacts

Inter-hemispheric asymmetries in high-latitude electrodynamic forcing and the thermosphere during the October 8–9, 2012, geomagnetic storm: An integrated data–Model investigation