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Structure and properties of the subsolar magnetopause for northward IMF - ISEE observationsThis paper describes the structure and the magnetic-field, electric-field, and plasma properties of the ISEE-1 magnetopause crossing on November 5, 1978, which occurred near the subsolar point when the IMF was strongly northward. It was found that the magnetopause was composed of three layers: (1) a sheath transition layer, in which there is a gradual density decrease without a change in temperature and which occurs totally within the magnetosheath plasma; (2) an outer boundary layer, which is dominated by magnetosheath particles; (3) and an inner boundary layer dominated by magnetospheric particles. No significnt heating or cooling was seen across the magnetopause during this crossing. The plasma within each of the layers was quite uniform, and their boundaries were sharp, suggesting that there was very little diffusion present.
Document ID
19900047740
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Song, P.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Russell, C. T.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Elphic, R. C.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Gosling, J. T.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Cattell, C. A.
(California, University Berkeley, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A34795
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-04039-D
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1067
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-375
Distribution Limits
Public
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