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Foster, J.C., Coster, A.J., Erickson, P.J., Rich, F.J. and Sandel, B.R. (2004). Stormtime observations of the flux of plasmaspheric ions to the dayside cusp/magnetopause. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020082. issn: 0094-8276. |
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For the large geomagnetic disturbance on April 11, 2001, we combine data from the Millstone Hill radar, a network of GPS TEC receivers, and the DMSP F-12 and IMAGE satellites, to estimate the sunward flux of thermal plasma associated with erosion of the outer plasmasphere/ionosphere in the dusk sector. Direct radar observations of the E ¿ B advection of SED plasma determine a flux of >10E26 ions/s to the noontime cusp at F-region heights. DMSP in situ observations provide a similar estimate. Assuming a dipolar magnetic field, we project our low-altitude observations into the outer plasmasphere, obtaining a total sunward flux of >10E27 ions/s. High-altitude IMAGE EUV observations of the plasmasphere drainage plume provides an estimate of 1.5 ¿ 10E27 ions/s for the sunward flux. Such rates of sunward plasma transport are sufficient to deplete a 1-Re shell of the outer plasmasphere in ~1 hour. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma convection, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasmasphere, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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