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A dayside magnetopause model is presented as an alternative to the well-known Roelof and Sibeck model. Model parameters are the same: solar wind dynamic pressure and B Z-component of the interplanetary magnetic field. The main differences and features of the model are the larger statistics and wider effective range of model parameters and the different method of the data treatment. The first is due to geosynchronous satellite magnetopause crossings added to the basic data on highapogee crossing. The second is based on a physical approach to the analysis of the data. An asymmetric dayside magnetopause shape during disturbed solar wind condition and the pressure balance change manner during strong negative B Z were derived from geosynhronous data analysis.
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Kuznetsov, S.N., Suvorova, A.V. (1998). An Empirical Model of the Magnetopause for Broad Ranges of Solar Wind Pressure and BZ IMF. In: Moen, J., Egeland, A., Lockwood, M. (eds) Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena. NATO ASI Series, vol 509. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5214-3_5
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