Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsa11a1490h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SA11A-1490
Physics
2415 Equatorial Ionosphere, 2439 Ionospheric Irregularities, 2481 Topside Ionosphere
Scientific paper
The CINDI plasma instrument package on board the C/NOFS spacecraft measures the velocity, temperature, composition, and density of the ionospheric ions. The equatorial orbit of C/NOFS is 402 by 850 km, so its apogee reaches the topside ionosphere at the same altitude as the polar-orbiting DMSP satellites which carry a similar plasma measurement package. Over the course of about 60 days the apogee of C/NOFS's orbit passes through all local times. This talk will present the apogee observations from the CINDI instruments showing the distribution of ion temperatures and densities at the local times which coincide with the four local times of the DMSP satellites' equatorial crossings (0630, 0915, 1830, and 2115 LT). Comparisons of the observations from CINDI and simultaneous DMSP observations will be used to establish the spatial and temporal gradients of the temperatures and densities at this altitude.
Coley William R.
Earle Gregory D.
Hairston Marc R.
Harmon L. L.
Heelis Roderick A.
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