Correlations between wide-band frequency waves and electron/ion fluxes in the earth magnetosphere
Abstract
A study of the large amplitude natural radio emissions detected in a wide-band frequency range by the Aureol/ARCAD 3 satellite between 500 and 2000 km altitude indicates a correlation between radio frequency waves (100 kHz-2 MHz), low energy electron fluxes, ELF/VLF turbulence and, in the cusp region, the proton fluxes. Independent measurement of the local plasma frequency permits the determination of natural resonances and cutoffs. The results represent an improvement to the Maggs and Lotko (1981) theory concerning the generation of these radio waves.
- Publication:
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Comparative Study of Magnetospheric Systems
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986csms.coll..593B
- Keywords:
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- Cold Plasmas;
- Electrostatic Waves;
- Particle Flux Density;
- Plasma Frequencies;
- Plasma Turbulence;
- Polar Cusps;
- Auroral Arcs;
- Cerenkov Radiation;
- Proton Precipitation;
- Radio Emission;
- Resonant Frequencies;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Geophysics