Cluster Ion Spectrometry Observations of the Plasmasphere

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Dec 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsm22a0824d&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SM22A-0824

Physics

2730 Magnetosphere: Inner, 2768 Plasmasphere

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Data provided by the Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) instruments are used to survey recent CLUSTER crossings of the plasmasphere. CIS is capable of obtaining full three-dimensional ion distributions (about 0 to 40 keV/q) with good time resolution (one spacecraft spin) and with mass-per-charge composition determination. The use of the CIS Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA) allows more accurate measurements in the 0 - 25 eV/q energy range, covering the plasmasphere. The density profile will be studied for each of the main ion species (H+, He+, O+), and the structure of the plasmasphere will be analyzed using multi-spacecraft measurements. Detached plasmasphere events, that are observed by CIS during some of the passes, will be also presented.

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