Saturnian Global Magnetospheric Thermal Ion Properties from CAPS to 70 RS

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsm11a1988w&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SM11A-1988

Physics

[2730] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere: Inner, [2731] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere: Outer, [6275] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Saturn

Scientific paper

We have derived ion plasma properties by forward-modeling Cassini CAPS observations throughout the Saturnian magnetosphere (utilizing available PDS data, through 2009). Anisotropic Maxwellian distributions of OH+ and H+ were fit to the data wherever possible, incorporating local magnetic field observations and a detailed simulation of the CAPS instrument. We present these plasma properties determined with a rigorous analysis of their uncertainties. This extensive dataset (≈ 13,000 sets of plasma parameters) allows us to explore spatial and temporal variations in magnetospheric properties, including changes in plasmasheet profiles of density over the years and evaluation of any super-corotation as potential signatures of return-flow.

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