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Magnetospheric substorms in the distant magnetotail observed by Imp 3.Study of variations of the magnetic field and plasma sheet in the distant magnetotail (20 to 40 earth radii) during magnetospheric substorms on the basis of the Imp 3 magnetic-field and particle data. Depending on the locations of the satellite with respect to the boundary of the plasma sheet, the variations differ greatly. However, the present results and the results of other workers give a clear indication of an increase of the magnitude of the field outside the plasma sheet and of the simultaneous ?thinning' of the plasma sheet during an early phase of substorms. At about the maximum epoch or during the recovery phase of substorms, the plasma sheet expands and appears to be inflated to at least the presubstorm level. Furthermore, a large excessive flux of the magnetic (approximately equal to Z component) field, as compared with the flux of the original dipole field, appears across the neutral sheet.
Document ID
19720027222
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Meng, C. I.
(California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)
Akasofu, S.
Kawasaki, K.
(Alaska, University College, Alaska, United States)
Hones, E. W., Jr.
(California, University Los Alamos, N. Mex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1971
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 76
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
72A10888
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-003-017
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-26582
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-1661
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-17663
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Public
Copyright
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