Radio interferometer measurements of plasmasphere density structures during geomagnetic storms

Details Radio interferometer measurements of plasmasphere density structures during geomagnetic storms Radio interferometer measurements of plasmasphere density structures during geomagnetic storms

Jul 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jgr...10214177h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 102, Issue A7, p. 14177-14188

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric Physics: Storms And Substorms, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere-Inner, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasmasphere

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The Los Alamos plasmaspheric drift radio interferometer is a ground-based array that regularly measures periodic disturbances in the plasmasphere. These plasmaspheric density structures have been shown to depend on geomagnetic activity, as indicated by Kp. However, a direct storm time analysis of their behavior has not been done. This paper studies the amplitude, drift velocity, and location of these structures before, during, and after the onset of major geomagnetic storms. Distinct large-amplitude, storm time signatures are found during the first night after onset, continuing through the third night; there were significantly more storm time signatures during nighttime than daytime. The L shells on which the disturbances existed were found to decrease after storm onset, indicating a possible shrinking of the plasmasphere.

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