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Comparison of simultaneous magnetotail and polar ionospheric electric fields and energetic particlesDC electric fields and solar electrons were simultaneously measured by the Apollo 15 subsatellite in the earth's magnetotail at lunar orbital distance and by rocket and balloon experiments in the polar ionosphere. The magnetotail and polar ionosphere transverse electric fields are found generally to agree in magnitude and direction. The electron spectra from 0.5 to 200 keV are essentially identical, indicating that the potential difference due to parallel electric fields between the magnetotail and the rocket located in the polar ionosphere did not exceed approximately 500 V during the time of the measurements.
Document ID
19760050108
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mccoy, J. E.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Lin, R. P.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Mozer, F. S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Mcguire, R. E.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Chase, L. M.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Anderson, K. A.
(California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 81
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
76A33074
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-003-017
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-10509
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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