Model plasmasphere calculations for L-values near 2.5 at the longitude of Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Rippeth, Y; Moffett, R.J; Bailey, G.J. 1991 Model plasmasphere calculations for L-values near 2.5 at the longitude of Argentine Islands, Antarctica. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 53 (6-7). 551-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(91)90082-I

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Abstract/Summary

A model of the terrestrial plasmasphere that includes an eccentric dipole geomagnetic field has been developed. Calculations are carried out for tubes of plasma at the longitude of Argentine Islands, Antarctica (64°W). Results for L-values around 2.5 are compared with those obtained in VLF experiments at Faraday that detect whistler signals from NAA and NSS stations in the north east U.S.A. Calculated group delay and Doppler shift of whistler signals are analysed by the usual technique employed by experimenters at Faraday to deduce meridional E×B plasma drift and rate of change of plasma tube content (i.e. ionosphere-plasmasphere flux). The deduced drifts and fluxes are compared with those from the model.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(91)90082-I
ISSN:	00219169
Date made live:	23 May 2018 09:22 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520149

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(91)90082-I

ISSN:

00219169

Date made live:

23 May 2018 09:22 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520149