The discovery of nitrogen ions in the Earth's magnetosphere

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 RE. The N+ fluxes are 5 to 10% of the O+...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 937 - 940
Main Authors Chappell, C. R., Olsen, R. C., Green, J. L., Johnson, J. F. E., Waite, J. H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1982
Subjects
Altitude
Earth magnetosphere
Fluxes
Mass spectrometers
Plasmasphere
Retarding
Rims
Scanning
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Summary: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 RE. 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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ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/GL009i009p00937