Comparison of Magnetospheric Ion Temperatures Obtained by Inversion of Energetic Neutral Atom Images and Direct Analysis

Physics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

2700 Magnetospheric Physics (6939), 7894 Instruments And Techniques

Scientific paper

Previous analysis of energetic neutral atom (ENA) images obtained during the 12 August 2000 storm yielded equatorial, inner magnetosphere, ion temperatures near midnight MLT that were consistent with in-situ ion temperatures measured with the Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer instrument. The ENA derived ion temperatures were obtained through direct analysis of medium energy neutral atom images [Scime et al., 2001] and from equatorial ion flux distributions obtained from inversions of high energy neutral atom images [Zhang et al., 2005]. However, although both remote measurement techniques found evidence of a dawn-dusk asymmetry in ion temperature, the sense of the asymmetry was different for the two techniques. In this work we will present an analysis of additional storm intervals and discuss the spatial distribution of ion temperatures obtained with the two different ENA analysis methods.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Comparison of Magnetospheric Ion Temperatures Obtained by Inversion of Energetic Neutral Atom Images and Direct Analysis does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Comparison of Magnetospheric Ion Temperatures Obtained by Inversion of Energetic Neutral Atom Images and Direct Analysis, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Comparison of Magnetospheric Ion Temperatures Obtained by Inversion of Energetic Neutral Atom Images and Direct Analysis will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1039348

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.