Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.7931p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, July 1, 1986, p. 7931-7938.
Statistics
Computation
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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetosheath, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Venus Atmosphere, Bow Waves, Electric Fields, Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
A data set consisting of nearly six Venus years of Pioneer Venus Orbiter magnetometer data is analyzed in order to describe the configuration of the magnetosheath. A coordinate system is developed which isolates the effects of the solar wind flow and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The data indicate that the magnetosheath field magnitude is responsive to solar wind dynamic pressure and that the compression of the upstream field is controlled by magnetosonic Mach number. The draping of the field is similar to that predicted by gasdynamic modeling; specific draping features include distinct dependence on the radial and the transverse components of the IMF, and a tendency of the field to encircle the planet at low altitude. Certain features of the processes of mass loading by magnetosheath fluctuations and by the motional electric field are examined. Magnetic fluctuations can dominate the magnetosheath field for periods of low interplanetary cone angle and in general for the magnetosheath regions near the quasi-parallel part of the bow shock. The magnetosheath magnetic field magnitude displays a hemispherical asymmetry; the sense of this asymmetry is controlled by the cross-flow component of the IMF in a manner which indicates that ion pickup by the convective electric field occurs preferentially in one hemisphere. The results of this survey indicate that mass loading is a significant process which should be incorporated into computational models but that a fluid treatment of the planetary ion component may not be appropriate.
Luhmann Janet G.
Phillips John Lynch
Russell Christopher T.
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