Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interaction Studies.
Abstract
The objectives of this contract were twofold: 1) study of the electrodynamics of the ionosphere-magnetosphere system in order to gain new insight about the transmission of energy and particles through the system using data from the S3-2, S3-3 and DMSP satellites; 2) design, test and evaluate new spacecraft hardware for measuring particles and fields more efficiently and completely. This report summarizes five studies performed in fulfillment of objective 1. The accomplishment of objective 2 has involved the design of instrumentation for several satellite programs and is detailed in section 2 of the report. The final section describes software developed for preliminary processing of data from the retarding potential analyzer, yielding estimates of typical plasma parameters. Keywords: Field aligned currents; Inverted V events; Dayside cusp; Polar cap potential; Topside spread F; Magnetosphere ionosphere interaction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA179184
Entities
People
- Eugene R. Young
- Ewa Basinska-lewin
- Frederick Rich
- Peter Anderson
- S. M. Doyle
Organizations
- Regis University