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Greenstadt 1991
Greenstadt, E.W. (1991). Quasi-perpendicular/quasi-parallel divisions of Earth's bow shock. Journal of Geophysical Research 96: doi: 10.1029/90JA01759. issn: 0148-0227.

Computer-drawn diagrams of the boundaries between quasi-perpendicular and quasi-parallel areas of earth's bow shock are displayed for a few selected cone angles of static interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The effect on the boundary of variable IMF in the foreshock is also discussed and shown for one nominal case. The boundaries demand caution in applying them to the realistic, dynamic conditions of the solar wind and in interpreting the effects of small cone angles on the distributions of structures at the shock. However, the calculated, first-order boundaries are helpful in defining areas of the shock where contributions from active structures inherent in quasi-parallel geometry may be distinguishable from those derived secondarily from upstream reflected ion dynamics. The boundaries are also compatible with known behavior of daytime ULF geomagnetic waves and pulsations according to models postulating that cone angel-controlled, time-dependent ULF activity around the subsolar point of the bow shock provides the source of geomagnetic excitation. ¿American Geophysical Union 1990

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Space Plasma Physics, Shock waves, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind-magnetosphere interactions
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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