Magnetopause merging site asymmetries
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6218252
Regions where a draped model magnetosheath magnetic field is nearly antiparallel to a model geomagnetic field are shown to be asymmetric for an interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) at the garden hose angle, as suggested by Heelis. When the IMF has a southward component, the asymmetry favors the dawn region for both IMF polarities. The dusk region is favored when the IMF has a northward component. If the regions of antiparallel fields are assumed to be sites of maximum magnetic merging, then the asymmetry is consistent with observed seasonal variations of geomagnetic activity and with dawn-displaced magnetospheric phenomena. In the alternate merging geometry of a line passing through the subsolar region, the asymmetry is predominantly north-south rather than dawn-dusk. Merging line geometry is consistent with the seasonal variations but not with the dawn-displaced phenomena.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6218252
- Report Number(s):
- N-84-26513
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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