Pioneer Venus Plasma Wave Observations: The Solar Wind-Venus Interaction

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作者
Scarf, F. L. [1 ]
Taylor, W. W. L. [1 ]
Russell, C. T. [2 ]
Elphic, R. C. [2 ]
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[1] TRW Def & Space Syst Grp, Dept Space Sci, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Geophys & Planetary Phys, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
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10.1029/JA085iA13p07599
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We briefly describe the Pioneer Venus plasma wave instrument and continue with a discussion wave observations throughout the typical near-noon and near-midnight orbits This is followed by a detailed comparison of the bow shock turbulence characteristics at earth and at, Venus. We then turn to analyze the wave-particle interactions detected near the dayside ionopause, and we show Chit the whistler mode, Landau damping develops when the B field direction changes so that the whistler becomes oblique.
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页码:7599 / 7612
页数:14
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