Local scaling and singularity properties of solar wind and geomagnetic time series were analysed using Hölder exponents α. It was shown that in analysed cases due to multifractality of fluctuations α changes from point to point. We argued there exists a peculiar interplay between regularity / irregularity and amplitude characteristics of fluctuations which could be exploited for improvement of ...

The first direct determination of the inertial range energy cascade rate, using an anisotropic form of Yaglom's law for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, is obtained in the solar wind with multispacecraft measurements. The two-point mixed third-order structure functions of Elsässer fluctuations are integrated over a sphere in magnetic field-aligned coordinates, and the result is consistent with a...

Previous studies have shown that there is a correlation between the By component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and the By component observed in the magnetotail lobe and in the plasma sheet. However, studies of the effect of IMF By on several magnetospheric processes have indicated that the By component in the tail should depend more strongly on the recent history of the IMF By rath...

Measurements of the charge states of solar wind ions by the SWICS instrument on Ulysses are used to place limits on the extent to which the velocity distribution of electrons in the lower solar corona deviates from a Maxwellian distribution by having a suprathermal tail. It is found that the data are consistent with a suprathermal tail which is not large, and which has a minor influence on the ...

The Solar Wind Ion Analyzer (SWIA) on the MAVEN mission will measure the solar wind ion flows around Mars, both in the upstream solar wind and in the magnetosheath and tail regions inside the bow shock. The solar wind flux provides one of the key energy inputs that can drive atmospheric escape from the Martian system, as well as in part controlling the structure of the magnetosphere through whi...

Although there is a lot known about the physics that dictates the movement of the planets and starts throughout the night sky, little is known about the medium which encompasses these heavenly bodies. Let us consider our own solar system as an example of this. The reason for the orbit of planets around the Sun has been well known for quite some time. In addition to this, the predictability of t...

In the present chapter, we describe the recent results obtained in the development of solar wind models using the kinetic approach. We show how the solution of the evolution equation is used to determine the velocity distribution function (VDF) of the solar wind particles and their moments. The solutions depend on the approximations and assumptions made in the development of the models. We desc...

20375 Received ; accepted – 2 – ABSTRACT We present in this Letter the first coordinated radio occultation measurements and ultraviolet observations of the inner corona below 5.5 R s , obtained during the Galileo solar conjunction in January 1997, to establish the origin of the slow solar wind. Limits on the flow speed are derived from the Doppler dimming of the resonantly scattered component o...

One of the primary needs for socio-economic development in any nation in the world is the provision of reliable electricity supply systems. This work is a development of an indigenous technology hybrid Solar -Wind Power system that harnesses the renewable energies in Sun and Wind to generate electricity. Here, electric DC energies produced from photovoltaic and wind turbine systems are transpor...

The dayside cusp/cleft region is known as a major source of upflowing ionospheric ions to the magnetosphere. Since the ions are supposed to be energized by an input of energy from the dayside magnetospheric boundary region, we examined the possible influence of the interplanetary conditions on dayside ion beams and conics observed by the polarorbiting Exos-D (Akebono) satellite. We found that b...