New Measurements of Plasma Ion Composition at Geosynchronous Orbit

Details New Measurements of Plasma Ion Composition at Geosynchronous Orbit New Measurements of Plasma Ion Composition at Geosynchronous Orbit

Dec 2007

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SM31E-02

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2736 Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions (2431), 2764 Plasma Sheet, 2778 Ring Current, 2794 Instruments And Techniques

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Next generation plasma spectrometer data with ion composition capability will be available on government satellites at geosynchronous orbit beginning in 2007. This capability has not been fielded directly at geosynchronous orbit in over 20 years. We anticipate significant gains in understanding the role of heavy ionospheric ions, their energization, and their transport through the magnetosphere. Oxygen can dominate the composition of the plasma sheet and ring current during the largest geomagnetic storms, and thus is important to monitor and understand. In addition, this new capability will enable more accurate ring current modeling, of critical importance to space weather applications. Initial observations will be presented along with assessment of the new ion composition measurement technique utilized in the limited resource plasma spectrometer.

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