On the voltage and distance across the low latitude boundary layer
- 22 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 20 (2) , 145-148
- https://doi.org/10.1029/93gl00063
Abstract
A pass of the AMPTE‐UKS satellite through the low‐latitude boundary layer (LLBL) at 8:30 MLT is studied in detail. The magnetosheath field is predominantly northward. It is shown that multiple transitions through part or all of the layer of antisunward flow lead to overestimation of both the voltage across this layer and its width. The voltage is estimated to be only about 3 kV and this implies that the full LLBL is about 1200 km thick, consistent with previous studies.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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