Multipoint observations of planar interplanetary magnetic field structures

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Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jatp...53.1039f&link_type=abstract

(Solar-terrestrial physics; International SCOSTEP Symposium, 7th, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25-30, 1990, Selected Papers. A92

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Configurations, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Bow Waves, Dynamic Pressure, Magnetosheath, Shock Waves, Space Plasmas

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IMF data made on November 1, 1984, by three spatially well-separated spacecraft in the solar wind are presented. The IMF measured by each of the spacecraft is found to consist of a multiplicity of structures within which the magnetic field varies in parallel planes. The orientations of these planes at the three spacecraft locations are similar. The planes are inclined at a large angle to the ecliptic, and they lie almost perpendicular to the nominal Parker spiral direction in the ecliptic. Intercomparisons of the measurements at the various spacecraft show that the IMF features at one spacecraft are clearly reproduced at another, with time delays required for signal propagation. From these time delays and the mutual separations of the spacecraft, it is inferred that the structures are convecting with the ambient flow. Simultaneous observations made downstream of the bow shock in the magnetosheath reveal that the magnetosheath magnetic field, too, is planar.

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