Investigation of EMIC wave scattering as the cause for the BARREL 17 January 2013 relativistic electron precipitation event: A quantitative comparison of simulation with observations [PDF]
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves were observed at multiple observatory locations for several hours on 17 January 2013. During the wave activity period, a duskside relativistic electron precipitation (REP) event was observed by one of the ...
Albert +64 more
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Time-dependent plasmapause motion [PDF]
Time dependent plasmapause motion after increase and decrease in magnetic activity based on analytical model of plasma ...
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New plasmapause model derived from CHAMP field-aligned current signatures [PDF]
We introduce a new model for the plasmapause location in the equatorial plane. The determination of the L-shell bounding the plasmasphere is based on magnetic field observations made by the CHAMP satellite in the topside ionosphere.
B. Heilig, B. Heilig, H. Lühr
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Empirical plasmapause models from magnetic indices [PDF]
We use a database of CRRES in situ observations of plasmapause crossings to build empirical models of the plasmapause location as a function of geomagnetic indices. Previous models used the maximum value in Kp during the hours to days leading up to the plasmapause crossing.
O'Brien, T.P., Moldwin, M.B.
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Plasmapause, Convection, and Reconnection [PDF]
AbstractBeing one of the first generation of space scientists who entered this field right after the space became accessible to in situ observations, I had good luck of addressing some of the basic questions in this field from the early years of my carrier. These are development of global convection in the magnetosphere when the interplanetary magnetic
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AbstractRecent studies based on CLUSTER, CRRES, and especially on THEMIS satellite data have revealed the statistical behavior of the global plasmapause such as eastward azimuthal plasmapause propagation and radial plasmapause motion between 21 and 07 magnetic local times (MLTs) most likely at postmidnight.
Mario Bandić +2 more
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Saturn's Plasmapause: Signature of Magnetospheric Dynamics [PDF]
AbstractWe explore the paradigm that Saturn's plasmapause marks the boundary between the magnetic flux tubes that have been circulating around the planet for some time, accumulating a dense load of Enceladus‐sourced material, and those that have recently undergone tail reconnection, shedding the bulk of the cold plasma and retaining a more tenuous ...
M.F. Thomsen, A.J. Coates
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An auroral westward flow channel (AWFC) and its relationship to field-aligned current, ring current, and plasmapause location determined using multiple spacecraft observations [PDF]
An auroral westward flow channel (AWFC) is a latitudinally narrow channel of unstable F-region plasma with intense westward drift in the dusk-to-midnight sector ionosphere. AWFCs tend to overlap the equatorward edge of the auroral oval, and their life
M. L. Parkinson +5 more
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A machine-learning-based electron density (MLED) model in the inner magnetosphere
Plasma density is an important factor in determining wave-particle interactions in the magnetosphere. We develop a machine-learning-based electron density (MLED) model in the inner magnetosphere using electron density data from Van Allen Probes between ...
QingHua Zhou +7 more
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Polar observations of electron density distribution in the Earth’s magnetosphere. 2. Density profiles [PDF]
Using spacecraft potential measurements of the Polar electric field experiment, we investigate electron density variations of key plasma regions within the magnetosphere, including the polar cap, cusp, trough, plasmapause, and auroral zone.
H. Laakso +3 more
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