A DE-1/whistler study of the thermal plasma structure and dynamics in the dusk bulge sector of the magnetosphere

Author: Carpenter, D. L.
Published: Oct 1, 1992.
Physical Description: 1 electronic document

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The objective of this research was to obtain new understanding of the thermal plasma structure and dynamics of the plasmasphere bulge region of the magnetosphere, with special emphasis on the erosion process that results in a reduction in plasmasphere size and on the manner in which erosion leads to the presence of patches of dense plasma in the middle and outer afternoon-dusk magnetosphere. Case studies involving data from the DE 1, GEOS 2, and ISEE 1 satellites and from ground whistler stations Siple, Halley, and Kerguelen were used. A copy of the published paper entitled 'A case study of plasma structure in the dusk sector associated with enhanced magnetospheric convection,' is included.

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GEOPHYSICS

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Document ID: 19930009661.
Accession ID: 93N18850.
NASA-CR-192088.
NAS 1.26:192088.

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