Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ucla.reptq....m&link_type=abstract
Final Technical Report, 1 Dec. 1983 - 31 Mar. 1985 California Univ., Los Angeles.
Physics
Geophysics
Earth Ionosphere, Earth Magnetosphere, Energy Transfer, Magnetic Storms, Solar Physics, Solar Wind, Coupling, Earth (Planet), Expansion, Extremely Low Radio Frequencies, Geophysics, Magnetic Fields, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Transport Properties
Scientific paper
The primary goal of the research is to understand the physical phenomena which transfer energy from the solar wind to the magnetosphere, which then transport energy within the magnetosphere, and finally which lead to its dissipation in the ionosphere and its return to the solar wind. The current research projects include three distinct topics: solar wind-magnetosphere coupling, triggering of substorm expansion onsets, and generation of ultra low frequency waves. The investigation of solar wind-magnetosphere coupling is concerned with establishing how the rate of energy transfer into the magnetosphere depends on bulk parameters of the solar wind. The second topic, triggering of substorm onsets, is concerned with understanding the mechanism whereby solar wind energy stored in the tail lobes is released into the inner magnetoshere. In the model favored, this release is caused by reconnection of lobe magnetic field at a near-earth neutral line. The present research is concerned with demonstrating that this process is highly localized, transient, and at times involves multiple neutral lines. The third topic is the study of ultra low frequency waves (ULF) (1 to 1000 mHz).
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