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A note on the nature of the distant geomagnetic tail magnetopause and boundary layer
Author(s) -
Gosling J. T.,
Thomsen M. F.,
Swift D. W.,
Lee L. C.
Publication year - 1985
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/gl012i003p00153
Subject(s) - magnetopause , earth's magnetic field , geophysics , boundary layer , magnetosheath , geology , magnetic field , magnetosphere , physics , computational physics , mechanics , quantum mechanics
Recently reported plasma and magnetic field measurements of the distant geomagnetic tail magnetopause and boundary layer (i.e. mantle) are compared with numerical simulation results for an "open" boundary. Most aspects of the observations are consistent with the simulation results provided that the normal magnetic field component at the magnetopause is generally small.