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Postmidnight depletion of the high‐energy tail of the quiet plasmasphere

dc.contributor.authorSarno‐smith, Lois K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLiemohn, Michael W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKatus, Roxanne M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSkoug, Ruth M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Brian A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorThomsen, Michelle F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWygant, John R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMoldwin, Mark B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T20:36:57Z
dc.date.available2016-05-10T20:26:29Zen
dc.date.issued2015-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarno‐smith, Lois K. ; Liemohn, Michael W.; Katus, Roxanne M.; Skoug, Ruth M.; Larsen, Brian A.; Thomsen, Michelle F.; Wygant, John R.; Moldwin, Mark B. (2015). "Postmidnight depletion of the highâ energy tail of the quiet plasmasphere." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120(3): 1646-1660.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2169-9380en_US
dc.identifier.issn2169-9402en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/111226
dc.description.abstractThe Van Allen Probes Helium Oxygen Proton Electron (HOPE) instrument measures the high‐energy tail of the thermal plasmasphere allowing study of topside ionosphere and inner magnetosphere coupling. We statistically analyze a 22 month period of HOPE data, looking at quiet times with a Kp index of less than 3. We investigate the high‐energy range of the plasmasphere, which consists of ions at energies between 1 and 10 eV and contains approximately 5% of total plasmaspheric density. Both the fluxes and partial plasma densities over this energy range show H+ is depleted the most in the postmidnight sector (1–4 magnetic local time), followed by O+ and then He+. The relative depletion of each species across the postmidnight sector is not ordered by mass, which reveals ionospheric influence. We compare our results with keV energy electron data from HOPE and the Van Allen Probes Electric Fields and Waves instrument spacecraft potential to rule out spacecraft charging. Our conclusion is that the postmidnight ion disappearance is due to diurnal ionospheric temperature variation and charge exchange processes.Key PointsOne to ten eV ion depletion in quiet time postmidnight sectorDepletion varies by ion species not ordered by massStrong diurnal variation in high‐energy tail of plasmasphereen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherion compositionen_US
dc.subject.otherionosphereen_US
dc.subject.otherpostmidnighten_US
dc.subject.otherplasmasphereen_US
dc.subject.otherquiet time magnetosphereen_US
dc.titlePostmidnight depletion of the high‐energy tail of the quiet plasmasphereen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAstronomy and Astrophysicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111226/1/jgra51633.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2014JA020682en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physicsen_US
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