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Sibeck & Gosling 1996
Sibeck, D.G. and Gosling, J.T. (1996). Magnetosheath density fluctuations and magnetopause motion. Journal of Geophysical Research 101. doi: 10.1029/95JA03141. issn: 0148-0227.

The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) orientation controls foreshock densities and modulates the fraction of the solar wind dynamic pressure applied to the magnetosphere. Such pressure variations produce bow shock and magnetopause motion and cause the radial profiles for various magnetosheath parameters to sweep inward and outward past nearly stationary satellites. We report ISEE 2 observations of correlated density and speed fluctuations, and anticorrelated density and temperature fluctuations, on an outbound pass through the northern dawnside magnetosheath. Densities decreased when the magnetic field rotated southward and draped about the magnetopause. In the absence of any significant solar wind density or dynamic pressure variations, we interpret the magnetosheath fluctuations as evidence for radial magnetosheath motion induced by variations in the IMF orientation. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Interplanetary Physics, Planetary bow shocks, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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