Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.316..612l&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 316, Aug. 15, 1985, p. 612, 613. Research supported by the National Research Council.
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Ionospheric Ion Density, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Mass Spectrometers, Particle Precipitation, Coupling, Magnetic Disturbances, Mass Flow, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Observations of ion flows in the polar magnetosphere, made by the retarding ion mass spectrometer on NASA's Dynamics Explorer (DE) 1, are compared with those made simultaneously in the topside ionosphere by the ion drift meter on the lower-altitude DE 2 spacecraft. The results show the dayside auroral ionosphere to be a significant and highly persistent source of plasma for the magnetosphere. The upwelling ionospheric ions are spatially dispersed, according to both their energy and mass, by the combined actions of the geomagnetic field and the dawn-to-dusk convection electric field, in an effect analogous to the operation of an ion mass spectrometer.
Chappell Charles R.
Horwitz James L.
Lockwood Marian
Moore Thomas Earle
Waite H. Jr. J..
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