@Article{SouzaGoSiKoWaMe:2017:CoStTh,
               author = "Souza, Vitor Moura Cardoso e Silva and Gonzalez Alarcon, Walter 
                         Dem{\'e}trio and Sibeck, D. G. and Koga, Daiki and Walsh, B. M. 
                         and Mendes J{\'u}nior, Odim",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {NASA/Goddard Space 
                         Flight Center} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)} and {Boston Universit y} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Comparative study of three reconnection X line modelsat the 
                         Earth’s dayside magnetopauseusing in situ observations",
              journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics",
                 year = "2017",
               volume = "122",
               number = "4",
                pages = "4428--4250",
                month = "Apr.",
             keywords = "Earth's magnetopause, in situ observations, magnetic reconnection, 
                         reconnection X line.",
             abstract = "This work examines the large-scale aspects of magnetic field 
                         reconnection at the Earth's dayside magnetopause. We use two sets 
                         of reconnection events, which are identified mostly by the in situ 
                         detection of accelerated and Alfv{\'e}nic plasma flows. We 
                         intercompare three analytical models that predict the reconnection 
                         X line location and orientation, namely, the Trattner et al. 
                         (2007) and Swisdak and Drake (2007) models and also a modified 
                         version of the component merging model. In the first set of 
                         reconnection observations, we show three fortuitous, 
                         quasi-simultaneous dayside magnetopause crossing events where two 
                         widely separated spacecraft detect reconnection signatures, and 
                         the X line location and orientation can be inferred from the 
                         observations. We compare X line model predictions to those 
                         inferred from observations. These three reconnection events 
                         indicate the presence of an extended (>7 Earth radii in length), 
                         component-type reconnection X line on Earth's dayside magnetopause 
                         connecting and structuring the reconnection signatures at 
                         locations far apart. In the second set of reconnection events, we 
                         analyze the X line models' performance in predicting the observed 
                         reconnection outflow direction, i.e., its north-south and/or 
                         east-west senses, in a total of 75 single, rather than multiple 
                         and quasi-simultaneous, magnetopause crossing events, where 
                         reconnection-associated plasma flows were clearly present. We 
                         found that the Swisdak and Drake's (2007) X line model performs 
                         slightly better, albeit not statistically significant, when 
                         predicting both accelerated plasma flow north-south and east-west 
                         components in 73% and 53% of the cases, respectively, as compared 
                         to the Trattner et al. (2007) model (70% north-south and 42% 
                         east-west) and the modified component merging model (66% 
                         north-south and 50% east-west).",
                  doi = "10.1002/2016JA023790",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023790",
                 issn = "2169-9402",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "souza_comparative.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}