Plasmaspheric wind

dc.contributor.author	Lemaire, J.
dc.contributor.author	Schunk, R.W.
dc.date	1992
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-06T12:12:59Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-06T12:12:59Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5692
dc.description	Observational evidence is presented indicating that beyond L = 1.7-2 plasma corotating in the plasmasphere expands continuously with a small outward directed bulk velocity perpendicular to geomagnetic field lines. A numerical simulation of plasmaspheric flux tube drift motion is presented in support of such an outward plasma expansion. The maximum expansion velocity inside the plasmasphere is determined by the maximum value of the plasma interchange velocity, which is inversely proportional to the value of the integrated Pedersen conductivity.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Plasmaspheric wind
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
dc.source.volume	54
dc.source.issue	3-4
dc.source.page	467-477
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/0021-9169(92)90026-H
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-0041175205