Abstract The spectrum analyzer AKR-X onboard the Interball-1 satellite at the beginning (August–October 1995) and at the end (August–October 2000) of satellite operation in perigees of its orbital motion recorded and analyzed electromagnetic emissions of the inner regions of the Earth’s plasmasphere in the frequency band 100–1500 kHz at distances of 1.1–1.8 R E. The observations have shown that the electromagnetic modes (the Z and LO modes escaping the magnetosphere) which are formed at the altitudes 600–4000 km are associated with the subauroral nonthermal continuum and with the recently discovered kilometric continuum. There are noticeable differences in the spectral character of these emissions during the minimum (1996) and maximum (2000) solar activity, when, as a rule, the LO mode escaping the plasmaphere and the continua are not present.
Observations of electromagnetic emissions inside the Earth’s plasmasphere from the Interball-1 satellite
Cosmic Research ; 45 , 6 ; 455-460
2007-12-01
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
INTERBALL-1 Observations of the Kilometric “Continuum” of the Earth's Magnetosphere
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