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@article{Dunlop:2021:10.1029/2021JA029538,
author = {Dunlop, MW and Dong, XC and Wang, TY and Eastwood, JP and Robert, P and Haaland, S and Yang, YY and Escoubet, P and Rong, ZJ and Shen, C and Fu, HS and De, Keyser J},
doi = {10.1029/2021JA029538},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics},
pages = {1--29},
title = {Curlometer technique and applications},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029538},
volume = {126},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We review the range of applications and use of the curlometer, initially developed to analyze Cluster multi-spacecraft magnetic field data; but more recently adapted to other arrays of spacecraft flying in formation, such as MMS small-scale, 4-spacecraft configurations; THEMIS close constellations of 3–5 spacecraft, and Swarm 2–3 spacecraft configurations. Although magnetic gradients require knowledge of spacecraft separations and the magnetic field, the structure of the electric current density (for example, its relative spatial scale), and any temporal evolution, limits measurement accuracy. Nevertheless, in many magnetospheric regions the curlometer is reliable (within certain limits), particularly under conditions of time stationarity, or with supporting information on morphology (for example, when the geometry of the large scale structure is expected). A number of large-scale regions have been covered, such as: the cross-tail current sheet, ring current, the current layer at the magnetopause and field-aligned currents. Transient and smaller scale current structures (e.g., reconnected flux tube or dipolarisation fronts) and energy transfer processes. The method is able to provide estimates of single components of the vector current density, even if there are only two or three satellites flying in formation, within the current region, as can be the case when there is a highly irregular spacecraft configuration. The computation of magnetic field gradients and topology in general includes magnetic rotation analysis and various least squares approaches, as well as the curlometer, and indeed the added inclusion of plasma measurements and the extension to larger arrays of spacecraft have recently been considered.
AU - Dunlop,MW
AU - Dong,XC
AU - Wang,TY
AU - Eastwood,JP
AU - Robert,P
AU - Haaland,S
AU - Yang,YY
AU - Escoubet,P
AU - Rong,ZJ
AU - Shen,C
AU - Fu,HS
AU - De,Keyser J
DO - 10.1029/2021JA029538
EP - 29
PY - 2021///
SN - 2169-9380
SP - 1
TI - Curlometer technique and applications
T2 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029538
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UR - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JA029538
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/93326
VL - 126
ER -