The global morphology of light ions measured by the ESRO-4 satellite

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Esro 4 Satellite, Hydrogen Ions, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Plasmapause, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Density Distribution, Geomagnetic Latitude, Northern Hemisphere, Oxygen Ions, Thermal Plasmas, Vertical Distribution

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Data from the thermal-plasma ion probe on the ESRO-4 satellite have been used in a study of the altitude/latitude/local-time variations of H(+) density during the Northern Hemisphere summer of 1973. The form of the latitudinal variation of H(+) density is interpreted in terms of one region of H(+) inflow and outflow within the plasmasphere dependent on local time, and another region of continuous outflow poleward of the plasmapause. The role of O(+) density as an additional control of H(+) density is discussed. The observed variations of H(+) density in the altitude/latitude plane are used to show the latitudinal transition from low- to high-speed flow, and the location of the mean plasmapause is defined in terms of the physical processes equatorward and poleward of the plasmapause.

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