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Pc 5 pulsations in the outer dawn magnetosphere seen by ISEE 1 and 2A long-lasting Pc 5 pulsation at the dawn flank of the magnetosphere is studied using particle and field instrumentation from the ISEE 1 and 2 satellites. Electric field and particle modulation signatures were clearer than magnetic field variations, consistent with the satellites' position in latitude near the equatorial node of a fundamental resonance. Pulsation flow velocities along the ISEE 1 trajectory were calculated from particle characteristics using data from several instruments and from electric and magnetic field data. These flow velocities were all consistent with each other, but the velocities derived from plasma and energetic particle observations were a factor of 2.5 larger than velocities derived from the fields data. In contrast to observations of pulsations during magnetic storms, which often involve resonant or gyrating particle behavior, particles at all energies sampled (10 eV to 200 keV) appeared to respond passively to the pulsation throughout most of the period of interest.
Document ID
19900035875
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mitchell, D. G.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Williams, D. J.
(Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD, United States)
Engebretson, M. J.
(Augsburg College Minneapolis, MN, United States)
Cattell, C. A.
(California, University Berkeley, United States)
Lundin, R.
(Swedish Institute for Space Physics Kiruna, Sweden)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A22930
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-375
OTHER: NSF ATM-85-19870
PROJECT: NAVY PROJECT I2UOS1
OTHER: N00024-85-C-5384
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Public
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