EVIDENCE FOR A SPHEROIDAL STRUCTURE OF MAGNETIC CLOUDS

Authors
VANDAS M FISCHER S PELANT P GERANIOS A
Citation
M. Vandas et al., EVIDENCE FOR A SPHEROIDAL STRUCTURE OF MAGNETIC CLOUDS, J GEO R-S P, 98(A12), 1993, pp. 21061-21069
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380 → ACNP
Volume
98
Issue
A12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
21061 - 21069
Database
ISI
SICI code
2169-9380(1993)98:A12<21061:EFASSO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We have analysed 14 cases of magnetic clouds identified by R. M. Leppi ng et al. [1990], who have fitted them with the cylindrical model. We treated cloud magnetic field profiles and compared them with the spher oidal models. We argue that all cases exhibit features of spheroidal c louds, namely, the complete sinusoidal profile of magnetic field compo nents inside the cloud, double-peak and/or plateau-type magnetic field magnitude profiles.