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Observations of low-energy plasma composition from the ISEE-1 and SCATHA satellitesThis brief review is concerned with some of the initial measurements of low-energy ion properties conducted with the aid of ion composition detectors aboard the ISEE-1 and SCATHA satellites. ISEE-1 was launched in October 1977 into a highly elliptical orbit, while SCATHA was launched in January 1979 into a near geosynchronous orbit. Attention is given to the origin of low-energy plasma, the energization of ionospheric ions, the transport of ionospheric ions, and the loss of low-energy plasma from the magnetosphere. According to results obtained during the past several years, including the present ISEE-1 and SCATHA results, there are significant, and occasionally dominant, concentrations of He(+) and O(+) in various locations within the magnetosphere.
Document ID
19840054224
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Horwitz, J. L.
(Alabama, University Huntsville, AL, United States)
Chappell, C. R.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Reasoner, D. L.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Craven, P. D.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Green, J. L.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Baugher, C. R.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Sciences Laboratory, Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
84A37011
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-33982
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-30563
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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