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Evaluation of the effectiveness of theoretical model calculation in determining the plasmapause structure

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Title (Dublin Core)

en-US Evaluation of the effectiveness of theoretical model calculation in determining the plasmapause structure

Description (Dublin Core)

en-US The relative position of the VLF/ELF emission region with respect to the plasmapause is of essential importance in studying their generation and propagation mechanism. On occasions when whistler data are not available, providing extensively the experimental determination of the plasmapause, we are obliged to rely on the theoretical model calculation or, alternatively, on the empirical formulas. The present paper deals with the evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of a theoretical model calculation in estimating the plasmapause location with reference to its comparison with in-situ electron density measurements and empirical formulas, during a specific geomagnetic storm. It is concluded that the temporal evolution with the present theoretical calculation, under a more acceptable convection electric field model, would yield a sufficiently reliable value for the plasmapause configuration rather than the empirical formulas. It can be used in the study of wave-particle interactions when whistler data are not available and also in the study of the erosion of the plasmasphere itself.
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Permalink: https://geophysicsjournal.com/article/238
 

Creator (Dublin Core)

Kurita, K.
Hayakawa, M.

Subject (Dublin Core)

en-US Plasmapause
en-US Plasmasphere
en-US Magnetosphere
en-US Convection
en-US VLF/ELF emissions
en-US Atmosphere

Publisher (Dublin Core)

en-US Journal of Geophysics

Date (Dublin Core)

1985-08-29

Type (Dublin Core)

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
en-US Peer-reviewed Article

Format (Dublin Core)

application/pdf

Identifier (Dublin Core)

https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/238

Source (Dublin Core)

en-US Journal of Geophysics; Vol 57 No 1 (1985): Journal of Geophysics; 130-135
2643-2986
2643-9271

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Relation (Dublin Core)

https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/238/198