TY - JOUR
T1 - COMPARISON OF S3-3 POLAR CAP POTENTIAL DROPS WITH THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD AND MODELS OF MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION.
AU - Wygant, J. R.
AU - Torbert, R. B.
AU - Mozer, F. S.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Measurements of the cross polar cap electric potential, by the double probe electric field experiment aboard S3-3, from 55 orbits in the dawn-dusk plane were compared with the reconnection electric fields predicted by a variety of models, both theoretical and experimental. The purpose of these comparisons was to understand the extent to which nonreconnection contributions to the polar cap potential must be included, to determine the time response of the polar cap potential to time varying reconnection rates, and to determine the efficiency and saturation levels of the reconnection process.
AB - Measurements of the cross polar cap electric potential, by the double probe electric field experiment aboard S3-3, from 55 orbits in the dawn-dusk plane were compared with the reconnection electric fields predicted by a variety of models, both theoretical and experimental. The purpose of these comparisons was to understand the extent to which nonreconnection contributions to the polar cap potential must be included, to determine the time response of the polar cap potential to time varying reconnection rates, and to determine the efficiency and saturation levels of the reconnection process.
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U2 - 10.1029/JA088iA07p05727
DO - 10.1029/JA088iA07p05727
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020781053
SN - 0148-0227
VL - 88
SP - 5727
EP - 5735
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research
IS - A7
ER -