CROSS-TAIL MAGNETIC-FLUX ROPES AS OBSERVED BY THE GEOTAIL SPACECRAFT

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作者：
LEPPING, RP
FAIRFIELD, DH
JONES, J
FRANK, LA
PATERSON, WR
KOKUBUN, S
YAMAMOTO, T
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[1] HUGHES STX CORP,GREENBELT,MD
[2] UNIV IOWA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,IOWA CITY,IA 52242
[3] NAGOYA UNIV,SOLAR TERR ENV LAB,NAGOYA,AICHI,JAPAN
[4] ISAS,SAGAMIHARA,KANAGAWA,JAPAN
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1995年 / 22卷 / 10期
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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摘要：
Ten transient magnetic structures in Earth's magnetotail, as observed in GEOTAIL measurements, selected for early 1993 [at (-) X(GSM) = 90 - 130 R(E)], are shown to have helical magnetic field configurations similar to those of interplanetary magnetic clouds at 1 AU but smaller in size by a factor of approximate to 700. Such structures are shown to be well approximated by a comprehensive magnetic force-free flux-rope model. For this limited set of 10 events the rope axes are seen to be typically aligned with the Y-GSM axis and the average diameter of these structures is approximate to 15 RE.
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页码：1193 / 1196
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