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An influence diagram focusing on the feedback of high-mass-density magnetospheric plasma (the plasmaspheric drainage plume, the warm plasma cloak, and ionospheric oxygen in the ion plasma sheet) on the dayside reconnection rate. Indicated in red are the approximate lag times for the three plasmas to arrive at the dayside reconnection site after a change in the solar wind produces an increase in the reconnection rate
