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Detailed analysis of low energy plasma data under the voyager uranus data analysis program
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Richardson, John D. McNutt Jr., Ralph L. Belcher, John W. Bagenal Sr., Frances |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Research effort included the PLS data analysis program where modifications to the data fitting procedure and elimination of possible noise and electron contamination were made. The analysis code corrections were used in checking the Neptune data gathered during the Voyager 2 encounter and for analyzing selected plasma spectra from the warm Io torus. A major task accomplished was the summary of Uranus-related research in the U.S. National Report to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics for the 1987 - 1990 quadrennium. A limited amount of work was accomplished on assessing the Pedersen conductivity of the ionosphere and comparing it with inferred values from shielding by the Uranian ring current. Under this grant there has been a great deal of effort expended on identifying and classifying plasma waves and oscillations in the magnetosheath and solar wind downstream from Uranus. Large amplitude oscillations in plasma parameters are found in the magnetosheath, with density changes of up to a factor of ten occurring on times scales of minutes. New algorithms developed for analyzing the inbound bow shock crossing of Neptune will probably be applied to a more detailed analysis of the Uranus shock in the near future. |
| File Size | 282192 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940013369 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t26b2279q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Magnetosheath Plasma Spectra Plasma Sheaths Space Plasmas Neptune Planet Spectral Resolution Uranus Planet Plasma Currents Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Voyager 2 Spacecraft Planetary Magnetospheres Plasma Waves Plasma Oscillations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
