Abstract In the decade and a half since the initial discovery that the Earth's own ionosphere could at times contribute measurably to the hot plasma in the magnetosphere we have made significant progress in both our knowledge and understanding of this connection. We now know that ions of ionospheric origin are found in all major regions of the magnetosphere and at its boundaries. The source region in the ionosphere and the acceleration and transport processes involved in coupling the cold ionospheric plasma to the hot magnetospheric plasma are complex and variable. We now have a good understanding of the large scale morphology of the ionospheric outflow and its distribution throughout the magnetosphere and progress is being made in the understanding of the fundamental physical processes involved. In this paper we concentrate on the large scale morphology and our understanding of the sources for ionospheric ions found in various regions of the magnetosphere and their transport.
Magnetospheric energetic ions from the Earth's ionosphere
Advances in Space Research ; 6 , 3 ; 121-132
1987-01-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Magnetospheric waves governed by energetic ions of ionospheric origin
Elsevier | 1989
|Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of Magnetospheric Ions from High- and Low-Altitude Spacecraft
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|Response of the ionosphere-thermosphere system to magnetospheric forcing
Elsevier | 1989
|