The position of the magnetotail neutral sheet in the near-earth region

Details The position of the magnetotail neutral sheet in the near-earth region The position of the magnetotail neutral sheet in the near-earth region

Sep 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1617l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1617-1620. Research supported by NASA.

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Earth Environment, Neutral Sheets, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetotails, Ampte (Satellites), Magnetic Equator

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The position of the near-earth neutral sheet throughout the nightside region between R = 5 R(E) and R = 8.8 R(E) is examined statistically using magnetic field data from AMPTE/CCE. As has been demonstrated previously, the latitudinal position of the neutral sheet is primarily controlled by the dipole tilt angle. The position also depends on local time, radial distance, and magnetic activity. These dependencis may be represented by the empirical formula MLAT = - (0.14 Kp + 0.69) /cos(Phi)/exp 1/3 (0.065 R exp 0.8 - 0.16) DTA, where MLAT is the position in degrees of the neutral sheet relative to the magnetic equator, Kp is the 3-hourly magnetic activity index, Phi is the magnetic local time in degrees (midnight = 0 deg), R is the radius in R(E), and DTA is the dipole tilt angle in degrees.

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