Solar wind entry at high latitudes
Date: 24 October 2012
Satellite: Cluster
Depicts: Solar wind entry at high latitudes
Copyright: ESA/AOES Medialab
When the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is oriented westward (dawnward) or eastward (duskward), magnetopause boundary layers at higher latitude become most subject to Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
