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Energization and transport of ions of ionospheric origin in the terrestrial magnetosphere (Document No: 19950021614)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Waite Jr., J. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | This serves as a final report entitled Energization and Transport of Ions of Ionospheric Origin in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere. The work has been predominantly focused on ion outflows identified in two data sets: (1) Prognoz 7; and (2) Dynamics Explorer. The study analyzed ion densities, temperatures, and flow velocities in the magnetotail. The work performed under this contract consisted of developing a program to load the raw data, compute the background subtraction of a strong sun pulse, and use the net counts to calculate the low order moments of the distribution function. The study confirms the results of ISEE that the the cusp is a major source of plasmasheet plasma and goes beyond this to discuss the use of ion velocities as a way to examine the motions of the magnetotail. |
| File Size | 4314803 |
| Page Count | 67 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950021614 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0ht7jx60 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-04-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Ionospheric Composition Satellite Observation Flow Velocity Ion Emission Planetary Magnetospheres Space Plasmas Distribution Functions Prognoz Satellites 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 |
