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Characteristics of wavelike fluctuations in Dynamics Explorer neutral composition dataWavelike fluctuations in neutral composition data obtained with the neutral atmospheric composition system quadrupole mass spectrometer carried aboard the Dynamics Explorer (DE 2) satellite are at a maximum in the vicinity of the magnetic poles. Typical rms amplitudes near the poles for N2, O, He, and Ar fluctuations in the 400- to 4000-km-wavelength band are found to be 11, 6, 6, and 20 percent, respectively. Amplitudes near the equator are roughly a third of the polar amplitudes, and activity in the 50- to 400-km-wavlength band is roughly 20 percent of the longer-wavelength activity.
Document ID
19880026261
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hedin, A. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mayr, H. G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88A13488
Distribution Limits
Public
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