Plasmaspheric helium ion distribution from satellite observations of He II 304-A

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Feb 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..151c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Feb. 1982, p. 151-154.

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Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Helium Ions, Ion Distribution, Nightglow, Plasmasphere, Satellite Observation, Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Emission Spectra, Hydrogen Ions, Ion Density (Concentration), Ion Temperature, Line Spectra, Oxygen Ions, Solar Flux

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High sensitivity and spatial resolution observations of the He II 304-A emission line intensity in the earth's nightglow have been carried out by the extreme ultraviolet telescope on the Apollo-Soyuz mission in July, 1975. The data, obtained over a wide range of plasmasphere parameters, are compared to the predictions of a kinetic equilibrium model of plasmaspheric ion density. Excellent agreement between observation and theory is found using as inputs a temperature model, solar flux and H(+) and O(+) number densities determined by extrapolating nearly simultaneous Atmospheric Explorer C measurements at 300 km. The observations in the Northern Hemisphere are well fit by a model having 285 He(+) ions/cu cm at 500 km independent of latitude or longitude, while those in the south require 430 He(+) ions/cu cm at the same altitude. This result is consistent with available information on the interhemispheric asymmetry of He(+) observed by a mass spectrometer on Explorer 32 and on the winter neutral helium bulge.

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