HR: 13:40h
AN: SM13C-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Correlations of Plasma and Field Parameters Within the Magnetotail
AU: * Kaufmann, R L
EM: dick.kaufmann@unh.edu
AF: University of New Hampshire, Department of Physics, 9 Library Way, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Paterson, W R
EM: bill.paterson@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Phenix Hall, Hampton, VA 23668 United States
AU: Frank, L A
EM: louis-frank@uiowa.edu
AF: The University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA 52242 United States
AB: The purpose of this project is to compare the long-term-averaged properties of flux tubes that are moving rapidly with the properties of more slowly moving flux tubes. Flow conditions were labeled by the voltage drop across a unit flux tube with circular cross section associated with the electric field Eh = sqrt [(VxBz)**2 + (VyBz)**2]. Many measured particle and field parameters were averaged and flux tubes were traced for each range of voltage drops. Flux tube properties were calculated by integrating the measurements along magnetic field lines. A few of the more interesting plasma and flux tube parameters will be shown to illustrate some of the differences between slowly and rapidly moving flux tubes.
DE: 2411 Electric fields (2712)
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2744 Magnetotail
DE: 2760 Plasma convection
DE: 2764 Plasma sheet
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting