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Oglivie & Coplan 1984
Oglivie, K.W. and Coplan, M.A. (1984). Composition measurements in the magnetotail between 60 RE and 240 RE. Geophysical Research Letters 11: doi: 10.1029/GL011i004p00347. issn: 0094-8276.

From 1 January, 1983 to 30 March, 1983 to ISEE-3 spacecraft was in the region of the magnetotail of the earth at distances from 60 to 240 RE. The ion composition instrument aboard ISEE-3 made ion composition and velocity measurements in two modes during this period. In the first mode the mass per charge (M/Q) range was 0.7 to 32 at velocities from 79 to 220 km s-1. The M/Q range of the second mode was 1.4 to 6.0 at velocities from 300 to 620 km s-1. Preliminary analysis of the data shows the magnetotail composition to have a significant solar wind-like component, with bulk velocities generally in the 300--600 km s-1 range.

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