Abstract VLF goniometers have been used to study the direction of plasma convection in the evening plasmasphere. The results suggest that sometimes even for L values greater than 4 the electric field associated with the ionospheric dynamo may be the source which drives convection.
Further evidence for the ionospheric contribution to convection within the plasmasphere
Advances in Space Research ; 6 , 3 ; 199-202
01.01.1987
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Detection of suprathermal ionospheric O+ ions inside the plasmasphere
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