21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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RIVERS OF ENERGY. “During northward IMF, high-latitude reconnection over the magnetic poles allows for particle entry to the high-latitude plasma mantle. A minor portion of the energy, estimated to be about 10%, enters via viscous interaction processes.” (IMF= interplanetary magnetic field). https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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CUSP OF CHANGE. “The use of written texts for scientific communications, as we know them, is relatively recent. In the tradition of the paper article a clear document structure emerged; a structure characterised by its linear build up and closed character. In an electronic environment, where all articles and parts thereof can be interconnected, new ways of presenting scientific information will develop. The electronic information transfer of the future will be, in essence, a transfer of well-defined, cognitive information modules.” https://lnkd.in/d4g67F9 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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NEUTRAL EXOSPHERE. “In addition to the solar wind flow, the atmosphere contributes both to the neutral and charged particle density in the magnetosphere. The neutral exosphere, or the upward extension of the atmosphere, fills the near-Earth space with an exponentially decreasing density.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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GEOCORONA. “While the neutral atoms and molecules are not influenced by the electromagnetic forces, the geocorona is significant to space physics processes in at least two ways: Coulomb collisions and charge-exchange processes with neutral atoms are significant loss mechanisms for energetic charged particles in the inner magnetosphere, and thus contribute to the recovery of quiet conditions after a magnetic storm.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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HIGH SPEED NEUTRALS. “The slow neutral atoms charge-exchanging with fast charged particles create a population of high-speed neutrals that propagate linearly away from the collision site. During active times, when the flux of energetic charged particles is sufficiently high, this provides (the only) means to image the inner parts of the magnetosphere.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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IONOSPHERE. “Above about 80 km altitude, the solar ultraviolet radiation ionizes a small portion of the atmospheric gas creating what is known as the ionosphere. The ionospheric plasma processes couple both to the neutral atmosphere below and to the magnetospheric processes above.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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GLOBAL CONVECTION. “The solar wind electric field drives a global convection pattern in the ionosphere, which produces convection electrojets carried by drift currents flowing eastward on the duskside and westward on the dawnside of the ionosphere. Consequently, the plasma flows from the dayside toward the nightside over the polar cap, returning to the dayside along the lower latitudes, consistent with the Dungey cycle.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn
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