Methods for the identification of magnetosphere regions based on spacecraft data: experimental criteriaand empirical modelling

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Study of the Earth from Space
1Verkhoglyadova, OP, 2Ivchenko, VM
1Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Physical Faculty, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 1998, 4 ;(5):18–27
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit1998.05.018
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 
Problems arising in the analysis of spacecraft measurements made in the Earth's magnetosphere are discussed. Data processing should take into account the properties of plasma regions where the measurements were made. We give an overview of the most widely used experimental criteria, empirical models, and the features assumed to be characteristic of the magnetosphere regions. Preliminary scheme of the data analysis from the viewpoint of space physics is sketched. The study was made in the framework of the Interball-Tail data processing.
Keywords: Earth's magnetosphere, Interball-Tail, spacecraft measurements
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