Plasmasphere convection patterns observed simultaneously from two ground stations |
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| Authors: | AC Woods MWJ Scourfield D Boynton MA Roach |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, Natal, 4001, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Whistler data recorded during a 14 h period on 10–11 July 1973 at Siple (L = 4.17) and Sanae (L = 3.98) have been used to compare the apparent plasma convection patterns observed from these Antarctic stations. Two distinct bulges in the plasmasphere are seen at both stations, each bulge corresponding to an apparent outflowed followed by in flow of plasma. These structures do not coincide in U.T. or M.L.T. The first bulge is seen at Siple almost 1 h earlier in M.L.T. than at Sanae and the second bulge almost 3 h earlier. This is interpreted in terms of a fairly rapid westward and inward movement of the plasmasphere structure. |
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