Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....8911007z&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, Dec. 1, 1984, p. 11007-11012. Research sponsored by the U.S. Departme
Physics
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Electron Plasma, Geomagnetic Tail, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Space Plasmas, Electron Energy, Flow Velocity, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Layers
Scientific paper
ISEE 3 data form the basis for a study of the evolution of the electron plasma in the magnetotail lobe and plasma sheet regions as a function of radial distance from the earth. The data were plasma electron and magnetometer measurements taken when the ISEE 3 was tailward of the earth during three different orbits. About 91,000 electron spectra were obtained in terms of the magnetosheath, lobe, plasma sheet and radial downstream distances. The lobe density peaked at 60 earth radii, while the sheet density tapered very slowly downstream. At large downstream distances (about 180 radii), the plasma bulk flow velocity increased significantly, surpassing the solar wind velocity. The bimodal electron flow angle near the earth became a single tailward flow at 180 radii.
Baker Daniel N.
Bame J. Jr. S.
Feldman William C.
Gosling Jack T.
Hones Edward W. Jr.
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