On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Venus

Volwerk, Martin; Goetz, Charlotte; Plaschke, Ferdinand; Karlsson, Tomas; Heyner, Daniel; Anderson, Brian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-51-2020

Articles | Volume 38, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 38, issue 1

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15 Jan 2020

Regular paper |

| 15 Jan 2020

On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Venus

Martin Volwerk, Charlotte Goetz, Ferdinand Plaschke, Tomas Karlsson, Daniel Heyner, and Brian Anderson

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RC1: 'Review of Volverk et al MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Holes', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'A thanks to the referee', Martin Volwerk, 18 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Review of "On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Earth"', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'A thanks to the referee and answers to the questions/comments', Martin Volwerk, 18 Nov 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Nov 2019) by Anna Milillo

AR by Martin Volwerk on behalf of the Authors (22 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Dec 2019) by Anna Milillo

AR by Martin Volwerk on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

The magnetic field that is carried by the solar wind slowly decreases in strength as it moves further from the Sun. However, there are sometimes localized decreases in the magnetic field strength, called magnetic holes. These are small structures where the magnetic field strength decreases to less than 50 % of the surroundings and the plasma density increases. This paper presents a statistical study of the behaviour of these holes between Mercury and Venus using MESSENGER data.