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Interhemispheric Comparison of Dipole Tilt Angle Effects on Latitude of Mid-Altitude Cusp.
- Source :
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Chinese Physics Letters . May2008, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p1916-1918. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- A statistical study of interhemispheric comparison of dipole tilt angle effect on the latitude of the mid-altitude cusp is preformed by a data set of the Cluster cusp crossings over a 5-year period. The result shows that the dipole tilt angle has a clear control of the cusp latitudinal location. When the dipole tilts sunwards, the cusp is shifted poleward. The northern cusp moves 1° ILAT for every 15.4° increase in the dipole tilt angle, while the southern cusp moves 1° ILAT for every 20.8° increase in the dipole tilt angle. This suggests that an interhemispheric difference appears in the dependence of cusp latitudinal location on the dipole tilt angle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GEOGRAPHY
*GEOGRAPHICAL positions
*SPHERICAL astronomy
*LATITUDE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0256307X
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Chinese Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33023423
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/25/5/108