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The AMPTE lithium releases in the solar wind - A possible trigger for geomagnetic pulsationsShortly after the AMPTE/IRM satellite had released Lithium ions into the solar wind, magnetometers on the ground and in the frontside magnetosphere observed deflections of a type similar to those associated with solar wind pressure pulses. Since the natural solar wind was very stable during this event and did not exhibit pressure changes, the magnetic deflections have likely been caused by the artificially injected Lithium cloud when it hit the magnetosphere. Order of magnitude estimates show that 300 g of Lithium vapor released in the solar wind are indeed able to produce a 300 nT magnetic deflection on the ground under favorable conditions.
Document ID
19910036458
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Luehr, Hermann
(Braunschweig, Technische Universitaet Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany, United States)
Baumjohann, Wolfgang
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Federal Republic of Germany, United States)
Potemra, Thomas A.
(Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 17
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A21081
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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