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Clemmons et al. 1994
Clemmons, J.H., Boehm, M.H., Paschmann, G.E. and Haerendel, G. (1994). Signatures of energy-time dispersed electron fluxes measured by Freja. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL00885. issn: 0094-8276.

Two measurements of velocity-dispersed electron fluxers at altitudes near 1750 km are reported. The energy-time signatures of both observations are interpreted in terms of a simple time-of-flight (TOF) sceanrio. The first measurement occurred at low magnetic latitude (~62¿) and consisted of three injection events. Analysis yields a source location near the equator ~6.5 RE from the spacecraft and provides evidence that the injections were periodic. The injections are interpreted as being the result of interactions with waves near the earthward edge of the equatorial plasma sheet, and the presence of fine structure in the fluxes with timescales of a few hundred ms provides new information on the injection process. Analysis of the second measurement leads to the determination of a source location about 850 km above the spacecraft. Although the simple model is able to explain the observations at small pitch angles, the measurements at large pitch angles require that the model be refined, and a modification which invokes pitch-angle diffusion is suggested. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994

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Ionosphere, Particle precipitation, Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating, Ionosphere, Auroral ionosphere
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