Abstract This review presents numerous recent examples of interesting variations in the composition and intensity of the hot ion flux (10 eV - 15 keV/e) provided by the AUREOL-3 satellite as a function of latitude and local time during periods of magnetic activity. In particular, these results reveal that although H+ is the most abundant ion during magnetically quiet periods, the ion composition of hot plasma at ionospheric altitudes is quite variable, and depends strongly on magnetic activity; results obtained during main and recovery phases of several magnetic storms demonstrate clearly (below 15 keV/Q) the great importance of the low altitude ionospheric source (H+, O+, and to a lesser degree He+) particularly at low latitudes (L ∼ 3 - 4) where the flux of O+ ions becomes very large and even dominates. The results of the AUREOL-3 ion spectrometers establish the fact that upflowing suprathermal ionospheric ions (Ei < 100 eV/e) appear over large regions of the auroral ionosphere, the polar caps, and the polar cusp, as well as in or at the boundary of the plasmasphere during magnetospheric substorms or magnetic storms, and may consequently contribute significantly to the plasma sheet and to the inner storm time ring current. Most of the properties of the storm time ring current found by the GEOS, SCATHA, and ISEE satellites apply to lower altitudes, although the role of the ionospheric and/or plasmaspheric source appears accentuated.
Ion precipitation into the ionosphere during geomagnetic storms
Advances in Space Research ; 5 , 4 ; 179-191
1985-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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