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Shelley et al. 1985
Shelley, E.G., Klumpar, D.M., Peterson, W.K., Ghielmetti, A., Balsiger, H., Geiss, J. and Rosenbauer, H. (1985). AMPTE/CCE observations of the plasma composition below 17 keV during the September 4, 1984 magnetic storm. Geophysical Research Letters 12: doi: 10.1029/GL012i005p00321. issn: 0094-8276.

Observations from the Hot Plasma Composition Experiment on the AMPTE/CCE spacecraft during the magnetic storm of 4-5 September 1984 reveal that significant injection of ions of terrestrial origin accompanied the storm development. The compression of the magnetosphere at storm sudden commencement carried the magnetopause inside the CCE orbit clearly revealing the shocked solar wind plasma. A build up of suprathermal ions is observed near the plasmapause during the storm main phase and recovery phase. Pitch angle distributions in the ring current during the main phase show the differences between H+ and O+ that suggest mass dependent injection, transport and/or loss processes.

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