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Chappell, C.R., Olsen, R.C., Green, J.L., Johnson, J.F.E. and Waite, J.H. (1982). The discovery of nitrogen ions in the earth’s magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 9: doi: 10.1029/GL009i009p00937. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Operating in a mass scanning mode, the Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer (RIMS) has measured N+ and N++ ions in the magnetosphere. Both N+ and N++ are observed in the plasmapause with N+ ions also seen flowing out of the northern polar cap at altitudes up to 3 RE. The N+ fluxes are 5 to 10% of the O+ fluxes with the N++ fluxes at 1 to 5% of the N+ fluxes. |
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