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The driving force for magnetospheric convectionViscously driven magnetospheric models, as well as a model involving interconnection between the geomagnetic field and the magnetic field in the solar wind, have been proposed to describe the driving force for magnetospheric convection. Lack of a satisfactory theory for the interconnection in the latter model and, in the case of the viscous interaction models, inadequacies in predicting the quantity of the driving force, make these two classes of models less than successful. Accordingly, a mechanically driven magnetospheric model is proposed: solar wind plasma enters the magnetosphere around the neutral points, covers the inner surface of the magnetopause and subsequently expands, driving convection as it escapes from the open tail.
Document ID
19780053804
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Johnson, F. S.
(Texas, University Richardson, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
Volume: 16
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
78A37713
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-44-004-026
Distribution Limits
Public
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