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    Analysis of plasmaspheric plumes: CLUSTER and IMAGE observations

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    Darrouzet, F.
    De Keyser, J.
    Décréau, P.M.E.
    Gallagher, D.L.
    Pierrard, V.
    Lemaire, J.F.
    Sandel, B.R.
    Dandouras, I.
    Matsui, H.
    Dunlop, M.
    Cabrera, J.
    Masson, A.
    Canu, P.
    Trotignon, J.G.
    Rauch, J.L.
    André, M.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Subject
    geometry
    observational method
    orientation
    plasma
    plume
    velocity
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2006
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    Plasmaspheric plumes have been routinely observed by CLUSTER and IMAGE. The CLUSTER mission provides high time resolution four-point measurements of the plasmasphere near perigee. Total electron density profiles have been derived from the electron plasma frequency identified by the WHISPER sounder supplemented, in-between soundings, by relative variations of the spacecraft potential measured by the electric field instrument EFW; ion velocity is also measured onboard these satellites. The EUV imager onboard the IMAGE spacecraft provides global images of the plasmasphere with a spatial resolution of 0.1 RE every 10 min; such images acquired near apogee from high above the pole show the geometry of plasmaspheric plumes, their evolution and motion. We present coordinated observations of three plume events and compare CLUSTER in-situ data with global images of the plasmasphere obtained by IMAGE. In particular, we study the geometry and the orientation of plasmaspheric plumes by using four-point analysis methods. We compare several aspects of plume motion as determined by different methods: (i) inner and outer plume boundary velocity calculated from time delays of this boundary as observed by the wave experiment WHISPER on the four spacecraft, (ii) drift velocity measured by the electron drift instrument EDI onboard CLUSTER and (iii) global velocity determined from successive EUV images. These different techniques consistently indicate that plasmaspheric plumes rotate around the Earth, with their foot fully co-rotating, but with their tip rotating slower and moving farther out.
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    Darrouzet, F.; De Keyser, J.; Décréau, P.M.E.; Gallagher, D.L.; Pierrard, V.; Lemaire, J.F.; Sandel, B.R.; Dandouras, I.; Matsui, H.; Dunlop, M.; Cabrera, J.; Masson, A.; Canu, P.; Trotignon, J.G.; Rauch, J.L.; André, M. (2006). Analysis of plasmaspheric plumes: CLUSTER and IMAGE observations. , Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 24, Issue 6, 1737-1758, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1737-2006.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/4476
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-24-1737-2006
    scopus: 2-s2.0-33751099816
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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