A statistical study of the central plasma sheet - Implications for substorm models

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Jul 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986georl..13..652h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 13, July 1986, p. 652-655.

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Planetary Boundary Layer, Plasma Layers, Polar Substorms, Satellite Sounding, Space Plasmas, Flow Velocity, Geomagnetism, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Statistical Analysis

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The University of Iowa Lepedea on board ISEE 1 is used to investigate the characteristics of the central plasma sheet under all levels of geomagnetic activity. Positive ion responses from 1 eV to 45 keV are used in this study. All the periods during 1978 when the central plasma sheet is encountered are included. This study excludes all boundary layer samples. The results of this study show that the central plasma sheet consists of plasma with high thermal energy (several keV) but low bulk speeds. This remains true even during high geomagnetic activity. The main effect of increasing activity is heating of the plasma sheet, preferentially at the high-latitude boundaries.

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