Plasma boundary layer and magnetopause layer of the earth's magnetosphere

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5386933· OSTI ID:5386933

Eastman, T E

IMP 6 observations of the plasma boundary layer (PBL) and magnetopause layer (MPL) of the earth's magnetosphere indicate that plasma in the low-latitude portion of the PBL is supplied primarily by direct transport of magnetosheath plasma across the MPL and that this transport process is relatively widespread over the entire sunward magnetospheric boundary.

• Research Organization: EG and G, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5386933
• Report Number(s): LA-7842-T
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640203* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Magnetospheric Phenomena-- (-1987)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOUNDARY LAYERS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY SPECTRA
FERMIONS
IMP SATELLITES
LAYERS
LEPTONS
MAGNETOPAUSE
MAGNETOSHEATH
MAGNETOSPHERE
SATELLITES
SPECTRA