In Situ Observations of an Ionospheric Critical Velocity ExperimentCornell University, 1992 - 508 pages |
Common terms and phrases
Alfvén wave aligned coordinate system Angles barium beam barium density Barium Release Burst Sub cannister charge exchange charge stripping chemical canisters CIV process collisional forces correlation CRIT II experiment CRIT II main CRIT II subpayload critical ionization velocity cross section current system density enhancement dispersion relation Earth Field electric field data electric field measurements electric field structures energy field aligned current Figure fluctuations geomagnetic field geomagnetically aligned coordinate group velocity gyro ion cloud ionization front ionosphere km/s lower hybrid waves magnetic field magnetometer Main Burst main payload Main Sub main_burst vector mV/m neutral barium stream neutral stream observed waves oxygen oxygen ions panel particle detectors PCM telemetry link perpendicular phase velocity plasma density measurements plasma frequency plasma frequency probe plotted presented in Fig quasi-dc release of CRIT scale second release Seconds burst sensor simulation telemetry vectors of interest wave length wave vector