PLASMA WAVE TURBULENCE AT DISTANT CROSSINGS OF THE PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARIES AND THE NEUTRAL SHEET

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作者
Scarf, F. L. [1 ]
Frank, L. A. [2 ]
Ackerson, K. L. [2 ]
Lepping, R. P. [3 ]
机构
[1] TRW Syst Grp, Dept Space Sci, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 USA
[2] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Extraterr Phys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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10.1029/GL001i005p00189
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P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The orbit of IMP 7 frequently takes the spacecraft across the neutral sheet in the geomagnetic tail at a downstream distance of about 35 Re. In this preliminary report we discuss the detection of strong low frequency electromagnetic signals and moderate electrostatic noise enhancements near local midnight. We use data from a substorm period on October 28, 1972 when there were multiple crossings of the neutral sheet and the boundary of the plasma sheet.
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