The May 2-3, 1986 magnetic storm - First energetic ion composition observations with the MICS instrument on Viking

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Apr 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14..455s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, April 1987, p. 455-458. Research supported by the Max-Planck Gesellschaf

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Earth Magnetosphere, Energetic Particles, Ion Distribution, Magnetic Storms, Satellite Observation, Evening, Helium Ions, Hydrogen Ions, Morning, Oxygen Ions, Scientific Satellites

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Measurements with the Magnetospheric Ion Composition Spectrometer (MICS) onboard the polar orbiting Swedish satellite Viking clearly show a strong asymmetry between the duskside and dawnside ion distributions obtained after the onset of a magnetic storm on May 2-3, 1986. The eveningside of the inner ring current region is quickly filled by protons with energies of some tens of keV. The morningside continues for several hours to show the quiet-time inner ring current proton spectra in which protons below about 100 keV have been removed due to charge-exchange processes. The data obtained at high latitudes will be compared with measurements of the CHEM instrument on the AMPTE/CCE spacecraft near the equatorial plane. The observations are discussed in context of the convection of injected ions into the inner magnetosphere during magnetically active periods.

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