Overlapping ion structures in the mid-altitude cusp under northward IMF: signature of dual lobe reconnection?
On some rare occasions, data from the Cluster Ion Spectrometer (CIS) in the mid-altitude cusp reveal overlapping ion populations under northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF).While the poleward part of the cusp exhibits the expected bar drain board reverse dispersion due to lobe reconnection, its equatorward part shows a second ion population