Accession Number:

AD0653747

Title:

INTERPLANETARY SECTOR STRUCTURE, 1962-1966.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY SPACE SCIENCES LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Ness,Norman F.
• Wilcox,John M.

Report Date:

1967-05-04

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Some properties of the interplanetary magnetic field observed by IMP-3 in the latter half of 1965 are discussed with relation to previous satellite observations of the interplanetary field. The sector property remains a prominent feature of the observations, with the average field direction at the Archimedes spiral angle. The sector pattern has a 27-day recurrence period from 1962 to 1964, and during the year 1964 the pattern appears to be quasi-stable. In 1965 the recurrence period is about 28 days, and the evolution of the pattern is more rapid, with new sectors appearing and expanding. Author

Descriptors:

• (*MAGNETIC FIELDS
• SPACE ENVIRONMENTS)
• (*SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• MAGNETIC FIELDS)
• SOLAR WIND
• SUNSPOTS
• MAGNETOSPHERE
• SPACE PROBES

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics
• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE