HR: 1400h
AN: SM23B-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Solar Wind Influences on Waves in the Magnetic Field Measured on the Lunar Dayside
AU: * Crider, D
EM: crider@cua.edu
AF: Catholic Unversity of America, 106 Driftwood Dr., Gibsonville, NC 27249, United States
AU: Golla, T
EM: golla@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 695, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: MacDowall, R
EM: robert.macdowall@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 695, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Acuna, M
EM: mario.acuna@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 695, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Espley, J
EM: jared.espley@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 695, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Halekas, J
EM: jazzman@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA , United States
AB: We analyze the high-resolution magnetic field data from Lunar Prospector to study waves in the 0.5-4.5 Hz frequency range in the vicinity of the Moon. We study the position of these waves in selenographic and solar wind coordinates. The wave power decreases with solar zenith angle and while the Moon is in the Earth's magnetotail, indicating that the solar wind drives them. We further discuss the influence of solar wind conditions on the waves through comparison with upstream solar wind parameters.
DE: 2164 Solar wind plasma
DE: 5440 Magnetic fields and magnetism
DE: 6250 Moon (1221)
DE: 7836 MHD waves and instabilities (2149, 2752, 6050)
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly