Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...10011907s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. A7, p. 11,907-11,922
Physics
Geophysics
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Crossings, Geomagnetic Tail, Geophysics, Magnetopause, Surface Waves, International Sun Earth Explorers, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Velocity
Scientific paper
Forty-three examples of ISEE 1 tailward flank side magnetopause crossings are examined and directly compared with upstream solar wind parameters. The crossings are classified into two groups. In the first group, a few sudden magnetopause crossings are observed, whereas repeated magnetopause crossings and oscillatory motions, often with boundary layer signatures, are observed in the second group. These distinctive characteristics of the two groups are interpreted in terms of the surface waves due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. It is found that low solar wind speed tends to favor characteristics of the first group, whereas high solar wind speed yields those of the second group. However, no evident correlations between the groups and the interplanetary magnetic field directions are found.
Frank Louis A.
Lazarus Andrew J.
Lepping Ronald P.
Seon Jongho
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