| Statistical characteristics of slow earthward and tailward flows in the plasma sheet | |
| Zhang, L. Q.; Baumjohann, W.; Wang, J. Y.; Reme, H.; Dunlop, M. W.; Chen, T.; Zhang, LQ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing, Peoples R China. | |
| Department | 空间科学部 |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
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| 2015 | |
| Volume | 120Issue:8Pages:6199-6206 |
| ISSN | 2169-9380 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Keyword | Earthward Flow Tailward Flow Plasma Sheet Magnetic Mirror Point |
| Abstract | In this paper, we statistically analyzed and compared the earthward flow (EF) and the tailward flow (TF) in the plasma sheet. It is found that the properties of the EF/TF in the central plasma sheet (CPS) of >1 and the outer plasma sheet (OPS) of 0.1<<1 are distinctly different. The main conclusions include that (1) the EFs occur in both the CPS and the OPS while the TFs mainly occur in the OPS, (2) both flows are dominantly convective in the CPS and parallel in the OPS, (3) in the CPS, the EF and the TF have similar characteristics, including their bulk velocities and ion densities and E-y components. Both flows tend to have isotropic temperatures; (4) in the OPS, the EFs tend to have higher ion velocity, density, and E-y than the TF. The EFs tend to have anisotropic temperatures, while the TFs tend to have more isotropic temperatures. As a whole, combined characteristics of the EF and the TF are consistent with (1) reflection at the magnetic mirror point near the Earth for parallel flows in the OPS and (2) bouncing off/back from the dipolar field closer to the Earth for convective flows in the CPS. |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/5092 |
| Collection | 空间科学部 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, LQ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, L. Q.,Baumjohann, W.,Wang, J. Y.,et al. Statistical characteristics of slow earthward and tailward flows in the plasma sheet[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,2015,120(8):6199-6206. |
| APA | Zhang, L. Q..,Baumjohann, W..,Wang, J. Y..,Reme, H..,Dunlop, M. W..,...&Zhang, LQ .(2015).Statistical characteristics of slow earthward and tailward flows in the plasma sheet.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,120(8),6199-6206. |
| MLA | Zhang, L. Q.,et al."Statistical characteristics of slow earthward and tailward flows in the plasma sheet".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 120.8(2015):6199-6206. |
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