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Field-Aligned Electron Density Distribution of the Inner Magnetosphere Inferred from Coordinated Observations of Arase and Van Allen Probes
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  • Yuki Obana,
  • Yukinaga Miyashita,
  • Naomi Maruyama,
  • Atsuki Shinbori,
  • Masahito Nosé,
  • Masafumi Shoji,
  • Atsushi Kumamoto,
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya,
  • Shoya Matsuda,
  • Ayako Matsuoka,
  • Yoshiya Kasahara,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Iku Shinohara,
  • William S Kurth,
  • Charles W. Smith,
  • Robert John MacDowall
Yuki Obana
Osaka Electro-Communication University

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Yukinaga Miyashita
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
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Naomi Maruyama
University of Colorado
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Atsuki Shinbori
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Masahito Nosé
Nagoya University
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Masafumi Shoji
Nagoya University
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Atsushi Kumamoto
Tohoku University
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Fuminori Tsuchiya
Tohoku University
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Shoya Matsuda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Ayako Matsuoka
Kyoto University
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Yoshiya Kasahara
Kanazawa University
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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William S Kurth
University of Iowa
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Charles W. Smith
University of New Hampshire
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Robert John MacDowall
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Abstract

The RBSP and the Arase satellites have different inclinations and sometimes they fly both near the equator and off the equator on the same magnetic field line, simultaneously. Such conjunction events give us opportunities to compare the electron density at different latitudes. In this study, we analyzed the plasma waves observed by Arase and RBSP-A or B during the three conjunction events during and after the 7 Sep 2017 storm event. The electron number density at the satellite positions were estimated from frequencies of the UHR emissions obtained by the HFA/PWE onboard the Arase and the Waves instrument onboard RBSP, respectively. During the three conjunction events, the satellites passed through the plume, inner trough (the narrow region with low electron density between main body of the plasmasphere and the plume), plasmatrough with variable electron density, and partially-refilled plasmasphere. The power-law index m for the inner trough and plume was inferred to be 6~8 and ~0, respectively. This is interpreted to mean that the trough was close to collisionless and the plume was near diffusive equilibrium. In the plasmatrough with the varying density, both the high-density and low-density regions had m~0. The low-density portion of this region may have a different origin from the inner trough, because of the different m-indices. For the partially-refilled plasmasphere in the storm recovery phase, the power-law index m showed negative values, meaning that the density in the equatorial plane was higher than at higher latitudes.
Oct 2021Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics volume 126 issue 10. 10.1029/2020JA029073