Detection of plasmaspheric wind in the Earth's magnetosphere by the Cluster spacecraft

Details Detection of plasmaspheric wind in the Earth's magnetosphere by the Cluster spacecraft Detection of plasmaspheric wind in the Earth's magnetosphere by the Cluster spacecraft

Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm14a..07d&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM14A-07

Physics

2730 Magnetosphere: Inner, 2768 Plasmasphere

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The existence of a plasmaspheric wind in the Earth's magnetosphere, steadily transporting cold plasmaspheric plasma outwards across the geomagnetic field lines, has been predicted on theoretical basis (Lemaire and Shunk, 1992; André and Lemaire, 2006). Direct detection of this wind has, however, eluded observation in the past. Analysis of ion measurements, acquired in the outer plasmasphere by the CIS experiment onboard the four Cluster spacecraft, provide now the first experimental confirmation of a plasmaspheric wind. This wind was systematically detected during quiet and moderately active conditions, and could provide a substantial contribution to the magnetospheric populations outside the Earth's plasmasphere.

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