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A statistical study of the subauroral electron temperature enhancement using dynamics Explorer 2 Langmuir probe observationsA statistical study of the subauroral electron temperature enhancement was undertaken using Langmuir probe observations during 488 traversals of the midlatitude plasmapause region by the DE-2 satellite. The subauroral electron temperature enhancement on the nightside is a quasi-permanent feature at all altitudes between 350 and 1000 km with an occurrence frequency that depends on altitude. The occurrence frequency of the subauroral electron temperature peak has a strong altitude dependence on the dayside. The position of the subauroral Te peak decreases with increasing magnetic activity in a manner similar to that of the equatorial plasmapause and other midlatitude plasmapause signatures.
Document ID
19870032786
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kozyra, J. U.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Cravens, T. E.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Nagy, A. F.
(Michigan, University Ann Arbor, United States)
Brace, L. H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 91
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A20060
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-85-08753
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-23-005-015
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-472
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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