Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.3315h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, July 1, 1980, p. 3315-3324
Physics
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Convection, Electric Fields, Energetic Particles, Explorer 51 Satellite, Polar Regions, Statistical Analysis, Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Auroras, Earth Magnetosphere, Flux Density
Scientific paper
A statistical investigation and a case study of simultaneous particle and ion convection velocity measurements from Atmosphere Explorer are presented. They show that at all local times between 1800 and 0600 hours the gross convection reversal boundary lies equatorward of the boundary between the discrete, highly structured boundary plasma sheet precipitation and the polar rain. This study indicates the existence of shear and rotational convection reversals on closed field lines; the observed morphology is consistent with a partially closed magnetosphere in which some portion of convection electric field is generated in the low-latitude boundary layer.
Burch James. L.
David Winningham J.
Hanson William B.
Heelis Roderick A.
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