Verification of the Accuracy of the Magnetopause Empirical Models Using the INTERBALL-1 Satellite Data

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Jul 2002

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Cosmic Research, v. 40, Issue 4, p. 324-334 (2002).

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A statistical analysis of the shape and location of the magnetopause according to the INTERBALL-1 satellite data for the period 1995-1997 is carried out. The instants of crossing the magnetosphere boundaries obtained by the plasma and magnetic data are compared with computations based on three empirical models, namely, Petrinec and Russel, 1996; Shue et al., 1997; and Shue et al., 1998. The state of the interplanetary medium (dynamic pressure of the solar wind plasma Pd and the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field) was determined by the measurements onboard the WIND spacecraft. We estimate the accuracy of the considered models for different groups of boundary crossings: single, multiple with small duration (less than 40 min), and multiple with large duration (more than 40 min). It is demonstrated that the small-scale motions of the boundary (<1RE) are observed more often in the dayside magnetosphere, especially near the cusp region. Large-scale boundary oscillations (>1RE) are more common in the tail region of the magnetosphere, namely, its flanks. Various models give similar results: about 50% of all events have deviations by more than 1RE from the model locations. In some cases, the deviation of the measured location of the magnetosphere boundary from the model prediction may be as large as 5-6RE for all three models considered, the actual boundary being more often located nearer to the Earth than the result of model computations. The best model is that of Shue et al., 1998, but it does not differ significantly from the other models.

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