Magnetospheric boundaries and geophysical regions designation

Region's name

Designation used on the ASCII files

Designation used on the plots

Solar wind

SOW

SW

Bowshock

BSW

BS

Magnetosheath

MSH

MS

Magnetopause

MPA

MP

Low Latitude Boundary Layer

MBL

BL

High Latitude Boundary Layer

MBL

BL

Tail Northern Lobe

LBN

LOBS

Tail Southern Lobe

LBS

LOBS

Plasma Sheet

PSH

PS

Neutral Sheet

NSH

NS

Polar Cap

POC

CAP

Cusp

CSP

CUSP

Auroral Zone

AUR

AUR

Radiation Belts

RBT

RB

Earth's Shadow Region

ECS

ECLIPSE

See as well the used simulative magnetosphere's regions and boundaries models.


Dr. Victoria Prokhorenko
Last modified 17 January 1999