BV technique for investigating 1-D interfaces
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2015-06-15 v1 Geophysics
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Abstract
To investigate the internal structure of the magnetopause with spacecraft data, it is crucial to be able to determine its normal direction and to convert the measured time series into spatial profiles. We propose here a new single-spacecraft method, called the BV method, to reach these two objectives. Its name indicates that the method uses a combination of the magnetic field (B) and velocity (V) data. The method is tested on simulation and Cluster data, and a short overview of the possible products is given. We discuss its assumptions and show that it can bring a valuable improvement with respect to previous methods.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1304.1392,
title = {BV technique for investigating 1-D interfaces},
author = {Nicolas Dorville and Gérard Belmont and Laurence Rezeau and Nicolas Aunai and Alessandro Retinò},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1392},
year = {2015}
}
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