Anomalous electron temperatures above the South American magnetic field anomaly

Oyama Koichiro, K. Schlegel

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Abstract

With an instrument on board the Japanese satellite EXOS-A electron temperatures of more than 1000 K above the "normal" values have been observed in the night-time topside F-region above the geographic region where the total magnetic field is below 20000 nT. Simultaneously enhanced wave emissions on 45 kHz, 2 MHz and 3 MHz were found and an increase in particle precipitation. The observations are described in detail and several mechanism are discussed which can explain the results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1513-1522
Number of pages10
JournalPlanetary and Space Science
Volume32
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1984 Jan 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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