Session 1J: Study of the Magnetosphere of Earth
Session Number
Session 1J: 1st Presentation
Advisor(s)
Jay Ansher, Illinois State University
Location
Room B108
Start Date
28-4-2017 8:30 AM
End Date
28-4-2017 9:45 AM
Abstract
We investigate a ten-hour period of data from the GEOTAIL spacecraft with the hope of understanding the portion of the Earth’s magnetotail that the spacecraft encountered on September 17, 1993. By studying the magnetic field measurements (magnitude and components), along with electron flux from other instruments on the spacecraft, we speculate about the time periods that GEOTAIL was in particular regions of the magnetotail. Periods of time where the magnetic field is strong and radial are identified as when the spacecraft was in the lobes of the magnetotail. Times with low magnetic field magnitude and/or radial component reversal indicate the spacecraft encountered the central neutral sheet. Data from other instruments measuring particle flux are used to support these arguments.
Session 1J: Study of the Magnetosphere of Earth
Room B108
We investigate a ten-hour period of data from the GEOTAIL spacecraft with the hope of understanding the portion of the Earth’s magnetotail that the spacecraft encountered on September 17, 1993. By studying the magnetic field measurements (magnitude and components), along with electron flux from other instruments on the spacecraft, we speculate about the time periods that GEOTAIL was in particular regions of the magnetotail. Periods of time where the magnetic field is strong and radial are identified as when the spacecraft was in the lobes of the magnetotail. Times with low magnetic field magnitude and/or radial component reversal indicate the spacecraft encountered the central neutral sheet. Data from other instruments measuring particle flux are used to support these arguments.