Abstract:
Two distant ISEE-3 geomagnetic tail passes have been examined to identify all slow-mode shocks present in the data. We find a total of 86 events from 439 plasmasheet/lobe crossings, using five criteria based on relations between the upstream lobe and the downstream plasmasheet magnetic field and plasma measurements. The statistical results of slow-mode shock parameters such as the angle between magnetic field and shock normal, Theta<sub>Bn</sub>, Alfven Mach number along the normal direction, M<sub>An</sub>, and electron beta, Beta<sub>e</sub>, are calculated and reported.
