Plasmasphere-ionosphere coupling. II - Ion composition measurements at plasmaspheric and ionospheric altitudes and comparison with modeling results

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Jun 1990

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, June 1, 1990, p. 7949-7959.

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F Region, Ionospheric Composition, Ionospheric Ion Density, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Plasmasphere, Thermal Plasmas, Dynamics Explorer Satellites, Electron Energy, Helium Ions, Hydrogen Ions, Ion Temperature, Oxygen Ions

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This paper presents Dynamic Explorer data on the plasma coupling between the plasmasphere and ionosphere. DE 1 measurements of ion composition and temperatures at 1.4-3.5 R(F) in the plasmasphere were combined with DE-2 measurements of ion composition and electron and ion temperatures in the upper F region/topside ionosphere, closely spaced in universal and local time for cases in the November 6-11, 1981 period. The observations are compared directly with the field-line interhemispheric plasma (FLIP) model calculations of altitudinal ion density and temperature profiles. It was found that, when the FLIP model permitted fractional trapping of ionospheric photoelectrons and consequent plasmaspheric heating, good agreement with the observations was obtained.

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