IMF draping around the geotail - IMP 8 observations

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Apr 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992georl..19..829k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 8, April 24, 1992, p. 829-832.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Maps, Explorer 50 Satellite, Geomagnetic Tail, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetosheath, Magnetic Field Configurations, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind

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The draping pattern for the full range of IMF directions is mapped in the GSM yz-plane using a large data set for studying magnetic field draping around the tail. Based on the maps, it is concluded that the dominant pattern is draping as found by Ohtani and Kokubun (1991) and Sanchez and Siscoe (1990). A new finding is that the draping pattern is rotated relative to the plane formed by the IMF and the aberrated x-axis, with the degree of rotation varying from zero for strongly northward and southward IMF to a peak of 17 deg for moderately southward IMF. It is also found that the tail radius is bigger for southward IMF than for northward IMF.

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