North-south Asymmetric Nightside Distorted Transpolar Arcs within A Framework of Deformed Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: IMF-By Dependence, Ionospheric Currents, and Magnetotail Reconnection

The terrestrial magnetosphere is perpetually exposed to, and significantly deformed by the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) in the solar wind. This deformation is typically detected at discrete ...