Abstract: Observations with the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory/Max‐Planck‐Institut crossed‐fan solar wind ion experiment on ISEE 1 reveal that the solar wind is decelerated and deflected away from the direction of the earth’s bow shock as it enters that portion of the upstream region populated by ‘diffuse’ bow shock ions and long‐period (10–60 s) waves. Typically, the average directed velocity vector changes by 7–10 km s−1 as it enters the wave region. At times, average speed changes as large as 25–40 km s−1 are observed. Superp...
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Atmospheric sciences
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