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Greenstadt & Olson 1977
Greenstadt, E.W. and Olson, J.V. (1977). A concentration to ulf activity in the Pc 3–4 range correlated with IMF radial orientation. Journal of Geophysical Research 82: doi: 10.1029/JA082i032p04991. issn: 0148-0227.

The data of an early report tentatively linking the radial orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), measured by Explorer 35, with ULF activity in the Pc 3--4 range observed at Calgary in September 1969 have been supplemented by data from October and November 1969. The larger sample of hourly values confirms the results discerned before: (1) there is a contribution to Pc 3 and 4 signal amplitudes that disregards the conventional separation between the bands at T=45 s; (2) the contribution is apparent under quiet conditions when Kp?2o; (3) the contribution comes from signals whose probable amplitude is highest when the field is along the sun-earth line and lowest, essentially at instrument threshold, when the angle ϑXB between X (GSE) and B (the IMF) exceeds about 60¿; (4) the trend of high signal amplitude with low ϑXB is replaced by cos ϑXB, suggesting a propagation property of waves in the solar wind; and (5) the trend and its properties are compatible with, although not compelled by, a model of signal origin in quais-parallel bow shock structure.

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