Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....95.7915o&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, June 1, 1990, p. 7915-7928. Research supported by CNR and SNSF.
Physics
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Boundary Layer Plasmas, Geomagnetic Tail, Ion Injection, Ionospheric Ion Density, Magnetic Disturbances, Space Plasmas, International Sun Earth Explorers, Oxygen Ions, Particle Acceleration, Satellite Observation, Statistical Analysis
Scientific paper
Observations of the lobe/mantle and of the plasma sheet region by the ISEE 2 positive ion experiment and the ISEE 1 ion composition experiment were examined; in particular, cold tailward-flowing ionspheric O(+) streams observed during geomagnetically disturbed periods were statistically analyzed. It is shown that the lobe streams enter the plasma sheet and that, at the crossing between the lobe-/mantle region and the plasma sheet, the characteristics of the streams are modified in such a way as to suggest a gradual integration of these ions into the sheet plasma. The flow pattern of the streams in the plasma sheet is examined with respect to observations in the lobe-mantle region, and the results are interpreted in the framework of the overall tail electric field configuration described by Rostoker and Bostrom (1976) and of the tail lobe model of Horwitz (1987).
Balsiger Hans
Candidi Maurizio
Orsini Stefano
Stockholm M.
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