Effect of Diurnal Convection on Trapped Thermal Plasma in the Outer Plasmasphere

Mark Anthony Reynolds; G. Ganguli; J.A. Fedder; D.J. Melendez-Alvira

Effect of Diurnal Convection on Trapped Thermal Plasma in the Outer Plasmasphere

Mark Anthony Reynolds
, G. Ganguli
, J.A. Fedder
, D.J. Melendez-Alvira

Embry-Riddle Aeroautical University
National Research Council
George Mason University
Naval Research Laboratory

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<p> A kinetic, multi&hyphen;species model of the plasmasphere is constructed that includes the effect of convection and corotation electric fields on trapped particles in drifting flux tubes. The resulting morphology of the outer plasmasphere is significantly different from the morphology obtained using the assumption of diffusive equilibrium. The difference is due primarily to the contraction and expansion of the region of velocity space accessible to the trapped particles, and has implications for the interpretation of remote sensing experiments.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	24
State	Published - Jan 1 1997
Externally published	Yes

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