Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....92.3214l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, April 1, 1987, p. 3214-3222.
Physics
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Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Plasma Clouds, Satellite Observation, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Electric Potential, Flow Velocity, Geomagnetism, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetosheath
Scientific paper
Recent measurements of the ion composition in the magnetospheric boundary layer indicate that the boundary layer may contain clouds of magnetosheath plasma which are gradually becoming mixed with the magnetospheric plasma. A significant difference between flow vectors of different ion species implies that an ideal MHD equation E + V x B = 0, does not fully describe the macroscopic plasma flow inside such inhomogeneities. An analysis based on the first-order drift theory indicates that gradients of the partial ion pressure and of the magnetic field could induce differential ion drifts comparable in magnitude to the electric drift velocity.
Hultqvist Bengt
Lundin Richard
Stasiewicz Krzysztof
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