The discovery of nitrogen ions in the Earth's magnetosphere | Zendy

Chappell C. R. | Zendy; Olsen R. C. | Zendy; Green J. L. | Zendy; Johnson J. F. E. | Zendy; Waite J. H. | Zendy

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The discovery of nitrogen ions in the Earth's magnetosphere

Author(s) -

Chappell C. R.,

Olsen R. C.,

Green J. L.,

Johnson J. F. E.,

Waite J. H.

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/gl009i009p00937

Subject(s) - magnetosphere , plasmasphere , ion , mass spectrometry , physics , polar , atmospheric sciences , nitrogen , environmental science , atomic physics , plasma , astronomy , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics

Operating in a mass scanning mode, the Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer (RIMS) has measured N + and N ++ ions in the magnetosphere. Both N + and N ++ are observed in the plasmasphere with N + ions also seen flowing out of the northern polar cap at altitudes up to 3 R E . The N + fluxes are 5 to 10% of the O + fluxes with the N ++ fluxes at 1 to 5% of the N + fluxes.

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