The effects of northward IMF on the structure of the magnetosphere

Details The effects of northward IMF on the structure of the magnetosphere The effects of northward IMF on the structure of the magnetosphere

Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985georl..12..839w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 12, Dec. 1985, p. 839-842.

Physics

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Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Space Plasmas, Convection, Lines Of Force, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Vortices

Scientific paper

Effects of northward IMF on the structure of the magnetosphere were studied by using a global MHD model. The model suggests a mechanism for creating high latitude sunward convection. The mechanism is not due to magnetic merging over the cusp region. Instead, the model indicates that the northward IMF field lines, which move around the magnetosphere, tend to squeeze the magnetotail at the boundary. This leads to formation of vortex flows in the tail and the observed sunward convection in the polar cap.

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