An ISEE 3 study of average and substorm conditions in the distant magnetotail

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Nov 1985

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Nov. 1, 1985, p. 10,875-10,895. DOE-NASA-sponsored research.

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Geomagnetic Tail, Plasma Diagnostics, Polar Substorms, Satellite Sounding, Space Plasmas, Arctic Regions, Flow Velocity, Histograms, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Plasma Layers

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Both average and substorm conditions in the distant magnetotail were investigated using ISEE 3 magnetic field and plasma observations. The diameter of the tail, the strength of the lobe magnetic fields, and their dependence on downstream distance were all found to agree well with the flaring tail models of magnetopause geometry and pressure balance. The gradual filling of the lobes by mantle plasma reported in previous ISEE 3 studies were further investigated, and the results were found to be in qualitative agreement with leaky magnetopause model of Pilipp and Morfill (1978). The variations of plasma parameters with X + or -Y, and AE in the plasma sheet were examined. At all distances, the greatest tailward flow speeds were found to be directly proportional to the embedded southward B(z). THe magnitudes of tailward V(x) and southward B(z) are directly proportional to the level of substorm activity near the earth as measured by the AE index.

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