Asymmetries in the location of the Venus ionopause

Details Asymmetries in the location of the Venus ionopause Asymmetries in the location of the Venus ionopause

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93.3927p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, May 1, 1988, p. 3927-3941. DOE-sponsored research.

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Ionopause, Ionospheric Electron Density, Planetary Ionospheres, Solar Wind, Venus (Planet), Gas Dynamics, Magnetosheath, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Planetary Magnetospheres, Venus, Ionopause, Symmetry, Pvo Mission, Spacecraft Observations, Models, Analysis, Technique, Orbits, Solar Wind, Electrical Fields, Momentum, Magnetic Fields, Magnetosheath, Ions, Plasma, Particles, Oetp Instrument, Orpa Instrument, Pressure, Parameters, Shape

Scientific paper

Four large data sets of Venus ionopause observations, based on different definitions and observations by Pioneer Venus Orbiter field and particle instruments, are compared. Regardless of the definition chosen, the ionopause is observed to be higher on average at dawn than at dusk. The results of an empirical ionosphere model and a data analysis technique which minimizes orbital bias are combined to show that most or all of this asymmetry results from the effects of orbital bias and uneven sampling of solar wind conditions. However, an additional asymmetry is found in which the ionopause is displaced in the direction opposite to the motional electric field of the solar wind. This effect is attributed to asymmetric pickup of exospheric ions by the electric and magnetic fields in the magnetosheath. This ion pickup interpretation can be understood in terms of a previous observed magnetosheath magnetic field asymmetry. Quantitative analysis indicates that the transverse momentum imparted by the solar plasma to pickup particles in their initial gyration is transmitted by the magnetosheath magnetic field to the ionosphere boundary.

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