A comparison of equatorial electron densities measured by whistlers and by a satellite radio technique

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Oct 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8.1107c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Oct. 1981, p. 1107-1110.

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Equatorial Atmosphere, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Satellite Sounding, Whistlers, Electron Density Profiles, Plasma Density, Plasmapause

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Magnetospheric equatorial electron densities determined from whistler observations are compared with in situ satellite measurements of electron density along near-equatorial orbits. Whistler data was recorded at Siple and Palmer, Antarctica, while the sweep frequency receiver on ISEE-1 was used to measure plasma densities during passes within about 15 deg of the whistler station longitudes at L values between 3 and 5.2. The whistler and satellite data sets are found to be in good agreement for the three rendezvous considered, suggesting that the diffusive equilibrium model applied to calculate electron densities from whistler measurements was appropriate for the description of electron density distributions along field lines in the outer plasmasphere. Data also indicate that density enhancements within the whistler ducts were not more than about 30% of the mean or interduct level, and that there were no significant east-west density gradients within about 15 deg of whistler station longitudes over the L range of the study.

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