Magnetospheric convection pattern and its implications

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Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9821291z&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A12, p. 21,291-21,296

Physics

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Convection, Convective Flow, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Flux, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetic Storms, Solar Terrestrial Interactions

Scientific paper

When we use 14 months of the Fast Plasma Experiment ion velocity measurements, the mean magnetospheric circulation pattern is constructed. It is shown that the magnetospheric convection velocity is of the order tens of kilometers per second. The convection is largely restricted to the outer magnetosphere. During magnetically active periods the convection velocity increases and the convection boundary extends to the region closer to the Earth, indicating more magnetic field flux is being transported to the dayside magnetosphere. It is also shown that the convective flows tend to follow contours of constant unit flux volume as they move around the Earth, especially on the duskside of the magnetosphere. This helps to avoid the pressure balance inconsistency often found in two-dimensional magnetotail models.

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