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@article{Staniland:2021:10.1029/2020gl091796,
author = {Staniland, NR and Dougherty, MK and Masters, A and Achilleos, N},
doi = {10.1029/2020gl091796},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {1--9},
title = {The cushion region and dayside magnetodisc structure at Saturn},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020gl091796},
volume = {48},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - A sustained quasidipolar magnetic field between the current sheet outer edge and the magnetopause, known as a cushion region, has previously been observed at Jupiter, but not yet at Saturn. Using the complete Cassini magnetometer data, the first evidence of a cushion region forming at Saturn is shown. Only five examples of a sustained cushion are found, revealing this phenomenon to be rare. Four of the cushion regions are identified at dusk and one prenoon. It is suggested that greater heating of plasma postnoon coupled with the expansion of the field through the afternoon sector makes the disc more unstable in this region. These results highlight a key difference between the Saturn and Jupiter systems.
AU - Staniland,NR
AU - Dougherty,MK
AU - Masters,A
AU - Achilleos,N
DO - 10.1029/2020gl091796
EP - 9
PY - 2021///
SN - 0094-8276
SP - 1
TI - The cushion region and dayside magnetodisc structure at Saturn
T2 - Geophysical Research Letters
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020gl091796
UR - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL091796
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/87498
VL - 48
ER -