Magnetospheric boundary shapes and internal structures
Conference
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· Adv. Space Res.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5023686
ISEE data, together with previously known results, are used to identify magnetospheric plasma regimes and their boundaries. The bow shock and its asymmetric foreshock is the first magnetospheric boundary, the entire magnetosphere being tilted by 5-10 deg (close to the earth) because of its intrinsic asymmetry. Although the magnetopause limits the magnetosheath, magnetospheric phenomena are observed outside it. At high latitudes along the magnetopause, the entry layer and the plasma mantle whose properties are somewhat influenced by the IMF are found. A flowing plasma is observed in the tail which originates from the polar ionospheric regions and makes an important contribution to the magnetospheric plasma from a source other than the solar wind.
- Research Organization:
- ESA, Space Science Dept., Noordwijk, Netherlands
- OSTI ID:
- 5023686
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8006190-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Adv. Space Res.; (United States) Journal Volume: 1:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CONFIGURATION
DATA
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON DENSITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
INFORMATION
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
IONOSPHERE
LATITUDE EFFECT
LAYERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOPAUSE
MAGNETOSHEATH
MAGNETOSPHERE
MAGNETOTAIL
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
SATELLITES
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR WIND
VARIATIONS
WAVE PROPAGATION
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CONFIGURATION
DATA
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON DENSITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
INFORMATION
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
IONOSPHERE
LATITUDE EFFECT
LAYERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOPAUSE
MAGNETOSHEATH
MAGNETOSPHERE
MAGNETOTAIL
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
SATELLITES
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR WIND
VARIATIONS
WAVE PROPAGATION