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Plasma entry into the distant tail lobes: ISEE‐3
Author(s) -
Gosling J. T.,
Baker D. N.,
Bame S. J.,
Hones E. W.,
McComas D. J.,
Zwickl R. D.,
Slavin J. A.,
Smith E. J.,
Tsurutani B. T.
Publication year - 1984
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/gl011i010p01078
Subject(s) - magnetosheath , magnetopause , geophysics , magnetosphere , plasma , earth's magnetic field , physics , boundary layer , latitude , geology , astronomy , magnetic field , mechanics , quantum mechanics
ISEE‐3 measurements indicate that a broad mantle‐like boundary layer plasma often exists within the distant geomagnetic tail lobes at all latitudes, directly adjacent to the tail magnetopause. The presence of this boundary layer at large tail distances indicates that plasma from the magnetosheath often crosses the magnetopause locally along much of the length of the tail, and is evidence that the tail is "open."