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Uses and limitations of the Tsyganenko magnetic field models. / Stern, David P.; Tsyganenko, Nikolai A.
In: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Vol. 73, No. 46, 01.01.1992, p. 489-494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Uses and limitations of the Tsyganenko magnetic field models
AU - Stern, David P.
AU - Tsyganenko, Nikolai A.
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - When exploring a new country, one needs a good map. The Earth's magnetosphere is such a country, and its “maps” are models of the geomagnetic field. In essence they are mathematical prescriptions implemented by computer which, given (x,y,z) of a point and other supporting information, return the point's expected magnetic components (Bx, By, Bz) [Tsyganenko, 1990]. At present, the empirical magnetic field models by Tsyganenko [1987, 1989a, c; denoted henceforth as T87 and T89] are often used in various studies of the Earth's magnetosphere. Stern [1990] has devised modifications of T87 with current‐free tail lobes and with a plasma sheet that warps in response to dipole tilt [Peredo and Stern, 1991].
AB - When exploring a new country, one needs a good map. The Earth's magnetosphere is such a country, and its “maps” are models of the geomagnetic field. In essence they are mathematical prescriptions implemented by computer which, given (x,y,z) of a point and other supporting information, return the point's expected magnetic components (Bx, By, Bz) [Tsyganenko, 1990]. At present, the empirical magnetic field models by Tsyganenko [1987, 1989a, c; denoted henceforth as T87 and T89] are often used in various studies of the Earth's magnetosphere. Stern [1990] has devised modifications of T87 with current‐free tail lobes and with a plasma sheet that warps in response to dipole tilt [Peredo and Stern, 1991].
KW - magnetosphere
KW - models
KW - SPACECRAFT DATA
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U2 - 10.1029/91EO00359
DO - 10.1029/91EO00359
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984503235
VL - 73
SP - 489
EP - 494
JO - Trans Amer Geophys Union
JF - Trans Amer Geophys Union
SN - 0096-3941
IS - 46
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