Plasmaspheric Structures Observed by the CLUSTER and IMAGE Spacecraft

Details Plasmaspheric Structures Observed by the CLUSTER and IMAGE Spacecraft Plasmaspheric Structures Observed by the CLUSTER and IMAGE Spacecraft

May 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agusmsm51b..03f&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #SM51B-03

Physics

2700 Magnetospheric Physics (6939), 2730 Magnetosphere: Inner, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2768 Plasmasphere

Scientific paper

Global EUV imaging observations by the IMAGE satellite have revealed spectacularly complex changes in plasmaspheric structures as the plasmaspheric plasmas respond to geomagnetic activity while remaining under varying degrees of influence by co-rotation, depending on the radial distance. This complex plasmaspheric plasma dynamics, with its numerous scales of variability, is clearly far from being well understood. There is now renewed interest in studying the plasmasphere due to its apparent connections with the development of the ring current and radiation belt and loss of ionospheric plasmas. Earlier in the mission, the Cluster spacecraft only crossed the plasmapause (L ~ 4) occasionally and made measurements of the cold plasma in the plasmasphere and plasmaspheric drainage plumes. The study by Darrouzet et al. [2006], for example, provided detailed analyses of in situ Cluster observations and IMAGE EUV imaging observations of three plasmaspheric plumes detected in April-June, 2002. Within the next couple of years, Cluster orbit will change, causing perigee to migrate to lower altitudes, and thus providing excellent opportunities to obtain more detailed measurements of the plasmasphere. In this paper, we report our analyses of the earlier Cluster-IMAGE events by incorporating the different perspectives provided by the IMAGE Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) observations through the plasmasphere. We will describe our new understanding of the Cluster-IMAGE events and their implications on plasmaspheric dynamics. Darrouzet et al., Analysis of plasmaspheric plumes: CLUSTER and IMAGE Observations, Ann. Geophys., 24, 1737�1758, 2006.

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