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Magnetospheric equilibrium configurations and slow adiabatic convectionThis review paper demonstrates how the magnetohydrostatic equilibrium (MHE) theory can be used to describe the large-scale magnetic field configuration of the magnetosphere and its time evolution under the influence of magnetospheric convection. The equilibrium problem is reviewed, and levels of B-field modelling are examined for vacuum models, quasi-static equilibrium models, and MHD models. Results from two-dimensional MHE theory as they apply to the Grad-Shafranov equation, linear equilibria, the asymptotic theory, magnetospheric convection and the substorm mechanism, and plasma anisotropies are addressed. Results from three-dimensional MHE theory are considered as they apply to an intermediate analytical magnetospheric model, magnetotail configurations, and magnetopause boundary conditions and the influence of the IMF.
Document ID
19870052840
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Voigt, Gerd-Hannes
(Rice University Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A40114
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-83-K-0016
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-84-17580
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-482
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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