The POLAR code wake model - Comparison with in situ observations

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Jul 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.9065m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, July 1, 1989, p. 9065-9070.

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Geophysics

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Earth Orbital Environments, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Ion Density, Plasma Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Space Plasmas, Continuity Equation, Equations Of Motion, Poisson Equation, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Spacelab, Vlasov Equations, Wakes

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Measurements made by the plasma diagnostics package during Spacelab 2 are discussed and compared with predictions made with the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory POLAR wake code. This code uses a complex geometric model of the orbiter and the self-similar solution of the expansion of a plasma into a vacuum as its model basis. Excellent qualitative and quantitative agreement is found at distances greater than about 30 m. At least to the first order, the model's approximations are justified.

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