Structure of the inner plasma sheet at midnight during steady convection

Details Structure of the inner plasma sheet at midnight during steady convection Structure of the inner plasma sheet at midnight during steady convection

Aug 1991

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 39, Aug. 1991, p. 1083-1096. Research supported by Soviet-Finnish Working Gro

Physics

Geophysics

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Auroras, Boundary Layer Plasmas, Earth Magnetosphere, Geos 1 Satellite, Plasmapause, Atmospheric Models, Convective Flow, Electron Precipitation

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A case study is reported of the inner-plasma-sheet domain on the nightside when both the activity conditions and configuration of the experiment were favorable for quantitative comparisons with theoretical results. The entire gross pattern of 1-20 proton and electron inner edges was found to be in good quantitative agreement with the predictions by Ejiri (1980) of single particle drifts in the Volland-Stern electric field pattern. It is shown that precipitation is an important factor for electrons, which indeed influence the position of the electron inner edge. The precipitation pattern and the plasma regimes in the midnight plasma sheet are compared by mapping these different regions. Diffuse precipitation was found in the flux tubes of the inner magnetosphere containing the maximum intensity of the electron energy flux at the equator. It is argued from mapping results that the discrete precipitation corresponds to the BLPS region of the plasma sheet.

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