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Particle and field characteristics of the high-latitude plasma sheet boundary layerParticle and field data obtained by eight ISEE spacecraft experiments are used to define more precisely the characteristics of the high-latitude boundary region of the plasma sheet. A region immediately adjacent to the high-latitude plasma sheet boundary has particle and field characteristics distinctly different from those observed in the lobe and deeper in the central plasma sheet. Electrons over a broad energy interval are 'field-aligned' and bidirectional, whereas in the plasma sheet the distributions are more isotropic. The region supports intense ion flows, large-amplitude electric fields, and enhanced broad-band electrostatic noise.
Document ID
19850029387
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Parks, G. K.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Mccarthy, M.
(Washington, University Seattle, WA, United States)
Fitzenreiter, R. J.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Ogilvie, K. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Etcheto, J.
(CNRS and CNET, Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environnement Terrestre et Planetaire, Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Anderson, K. A.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Lin, R. P.
(California, University Berkeley, CA, United States)
Anderson, R. R.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Eastman, T. E.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Frank, L. A.
(Iowa, University Iowa City, IA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 89
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
85A11538
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-83-00164
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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