Plasma structure near the low-latitude boundary layer - A rebuttal

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Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetosheath, International Sun Earth Explorers, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetopause, Plasma Density, Plasma Waves

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On November 6, 1977, ISEE 1 and 2 observed a series of quasi-periodic pulses of magnetosheath-like plasma on northward oriented magnetic field lines which were originally interpreted as repeated encounters of a pulsed low-latitude boundary layer inside a smooth magnetopause followed by a single outward crossing of the magnetopause. Sibeck et al. (1990) reinterpreted the ISEE observations as being due to quasi-periodic magnetopause motion causing the satellites to repeatedly exit the magnetosphere and to observe draped northward magnetosheath magnetic field lines in the plasma depletion layer. Their model is based on qualitative arguments concerning the amount of field line draping in the magnetosheath as well as the behavior of energetic electrons near the magnetopause. It is shown in this paper that both arguments are not in accordance with the available evidence.

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