Abstract The paper discusses how profiles of electron and/or ion distributions that are produced by two different computer models can be smoothly coupled together. The first of these models is the empirical International Reference Ionosphere which produces a vertical profile of ionospheric parameters up to an altitude of 1000 km. The second is a physically-based, diffusive equilibrium model of the plasmasphere based upon the theoretical work of Angerami and Thomas /1/, in which plasma is constrained to move parallel to the Earth's magnetic field lines. Some problems associated with this work are considered, as are some initial results.
Modelling the plasmasphere for the international reference ionosphere
Advances in Space Research ; 5 , 10 ; 21-27
1985-01-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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