Abstract
[1] Ion temperature analysis of the first energetic neutral atom images of the quiet-time, extended magnetosphere provides evidence of multiple regions of ion heating. This study confirms the existence of a dawn-dusk asymmetry in ion temperature predicted for quiescent magnetospheric conditions by Spence and Kivelson (1993) and demonstrates that it is an inherent magnetospheric feature.
Department
Physics
Publication Date
2-1-2011
Journal Title
Geophysical Research Letters
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1029/2010GL045987
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Keesee, A. M., N. Buzulukova, J. Goldstein, D. J. McComas, E. E. Scime, H. Spence, M.-C. Fok, andK. Tallaksen (2011), Remote observations of ion temperatures in the quiet time magnetosphere,Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03104, doi:10.1029/2010GL045987.
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Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union