Role of the INTERBALL small scale investigations in the GGS program

Details Role of the INTERBALL small scale investigations in the GGS program Role of the INTERBALL small scale investigations in the GGS program

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.346..295k&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Study of the Solar-Terrestrial System p 295-299 (SEE N93-31674 12-90)

Physics

Magnetopause, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Satellite Observation, Space Probes, Auroral Zones, Boundary Layer Plasmas, Bow Waves, Data Processing, Energy Transfer, Fuel Consumption, Shock Waves, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Space Programs

Scientific paper

The strategy of satellites and subsatellites separation in the INTERBALL project, which will study the majority of regions responsible for dynamics of the entire magnetosphere-ionosphere system, is discussed. The distribution of the satellites involved, that is the TAIL and AURORAL probes and their subsatellites, is based on both the scientific goals and the minimum fuel consumption request. Their distribution within the frame of the Global Geospace Science program, which will study the Earth's magnetosphere with a multisatellite system, is discussed. Small scale phenomena, with a length of 1 to 1000 km, providing plasma mass and energy transports, are outlined, particularly for the magnetopause, auroral zone, plasma sheet boundary layer, and bow shock. The capabilities of the TAIL probe provide the unique opportunity to investigate phenomena with spatial scales less than 10 km. The separation of TAIL probe subsystem should be of the order of a few thousand km to allow the global correlative studies of the Earth's magnetosphere. The distance of the AURORAL probe subsystem should be altered from a few km to a few hundred km in order to provide correlative studies of the processes in the auroral region and in the outer magnetosphere.

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