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Adrian et al. 2004
Adrian, M.L., Gallagher, D.L. and Avanov, L.A. (2004). IMAGE EUV observation of radially bifurcated plasmaspheric features: First observations of a possible standing ULF waveform in the inner magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 109: doi: 10.1029/2003JA009974. issn: 0148-0227.

We present EUV observations of the plasmasphere from 1938 to 2211 UT on 28 June 2000 characterized by the presence of bifurcated radial enhancements of the He+ plasma distribution in the nightside sector. These features remain stable throughout the period of observation and are found to move about the Earth at 67% of the corotation rate. Two-dimensional simulation of the plasmasphere assuming the presence of an azimuthal standing wave patterns at L = 1.8 and 2.5 suggests that the organization of the outer plasmasphere is the result of convective motion driven by a ULF standing wave. Preliminary analysis of ground-based magnetometer data provided by the IMAGE magnetometer network during the period of EUV observation indicates the presence of several narrow-frequency oscillations extending down to 0.68 mHz, consistent with simulation results. Similar narrow-frequency features are found in preliminary analysis of ACE Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) bulk solar wind velocity data. We speculate that the observed radial He+ enhancements of the nightside plasmasphere may be the result of a nonresonant oscillation driven by the solar wind.

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Plasmasphere, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma convection, Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, plasmasphere, inner magnetosphere, magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, MHD waves and instabilities, solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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