Quantification of the total ion transport in the near-Earth plasma sheet

Recent studies strongly suggest that a majority of the observed O<sup>+</sup> cusp outflows will eventually escape into the solar wind, rather than be transported to the plasma sheet. Therefore, an investigation of plasma sheet flows will add to these studies and give a more complete...

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Main Authors: R. Slapak, M. Hamrin, T. Pitkänen, M. Yamauchi, H. Nilsson, T. Karlsson, A. Schillings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/35/869/2017/angeo-35-869-2017.pdf