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On the voltage and distance across the low latitude boundary layer
Author(s) -
Hapgood Mike,
Lockwood Mike
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/93gl00063
Subject(s) - magnetosheath , boundary layer , physics , latitude , voltage , layer (electronics) , ionosphere , magnetosphere , atmospheric sciences , geophysics , plasma , magnetopause , mechanics , materials science , quantum mechanics , astronomy , composite material
A pass of the AMPTE‐UKS satellite through the low‐latitude boundary layer (LLBL) at 8:30 MLT is studied in detail. The magnetosheath field is predominantly northward. It is shown that multiple transitions through part or all of the layer of antisunward flow lead to overestimation of both the voltage across this layer and its width. The voltage is estimated to be only about 3 kV and this implies that the full LLBL is about 1200 km thick, consistent with previous studies.