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Chandler & Moore 2003
Chandler, M.O. and Moore, T.E. (2003). Observations of the geopause at the equatorial magnetopause: Density and temperature. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2003GL017611. issn: 0094-8276.

Magnetic flux tubes containing plasmaspheric ion density and composition have been observed in the region between the classical plasmapause and the magnetopause. New observations show that these ion distributions exist at the equatorial, post-noon magnetopause. Comparison to observations of similar distributions at geosynchronous orbit and to simulations leads to the conclusion that these ions are convected from these regions to the magnetopause. This represents an extension of the geopause to the outer edge of the magnetosphere on the dayside. The presence of ion densities >10cm-3 in this region must have profound impact on the nature of plasma processes that occur there.

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere--outer, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasmasphere, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma convection, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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