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Smith & Owen 1992
Smith, M.F. and Owen, C.J. (1992). Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL01618. issn: 0094-8276.

We present AMPTE UJS data from a well-studied magnetospheric flux transfer event, showing detailed ion phase-space distributions for each region of this layered event. We show that the perpendicular temperature anisotropy maximizes at the center of the event. This is inconsistent with recent suggestions that FTE signatures may result from the spacecraft moving into and then out of the magnetosheath via the plasma depletion layer. We present an explanation for the temperature anisotropy structure in terms of a reconnection model. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind-magnetosphere interactions
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Geophysical Research Letters
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