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Empirical Modeling Of The Quiet Time Nightside Magnetosphere, A. T. Y. Lui, Harlan E. Spence, D. P. Stern
Empirical Modeling Of The Quiet Time Nightside Magnetosphere, A. T. Y. Lui, Harlan E. Spence, D. P. Stern
Physics & Astronomy
Empirical modeling of plasma pressure and magnetic field for the quiet time nightside magnetosphere is investigated. Two models are constructed for this study. One model, referred to here as T89R, is basically the magnetic field model of Tsyganenko (1989) but is modified by the addition of an inner eastward ring current at a radial distance of ∼3 RE as suggested by observation. The other is a combination of the T89R model and the long version of the magnetic field model of Tsyganenko (1987) such that the former dominates the magnetic field in the inner magnetosphere, whereas the latter prevails in …