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Paterson & Frank 1994
Paterson, W.R. and Frank, L.A. (1994). Survey of plasma parameters in Earth's distant magnetotail with the Geotail spacecraft. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL02105. issn: 0094-8276.

The three-dimensional velocity distributions for both electrons and positive ions as determined with plasma instrumentation on board the Geotail spacecraft are used to compute number densities, ion bulk velocities, and electron and ion temperatures. We present a statistical survey of these plasma parameters for the magnetotail at distances from Earth in the range of 10 to 210 RE for the period 19 October 1992 through 10 July 1993. The ion temperatures is used to discriminate ''hot'' plasmas from ''cold'' plasmas. The hot ion plasmas are frequently found to stream either towards or away from Earth and we identify these with the plasma sheet, plasma sheet boundary layer, and regions of acceleration. The cold ion plasmas are typically streaming away from Earth. These cold plasmas appear to be associated with the plasma mantle, the magnetosheath, and boundary layers interior to the magnetosheath, although the contribution from the ionosphere has not yet been evaluated. ¿American Geophysical Union 1994

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma sheet
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Geophysical Research Letters
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