Time-varying Plasmapause and Electron data - April 2001

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This is another view of the plasmapause and electron content data for the April 11, 2001 time frame (similar to ID 3312). This point of view is shifted slightly to the sunlit side of the Earth to present a better view of the plume formation.

Animation of plasmasphere plume formation.

Animation of plasmasphere plume formation (without dates).

Early stage of the plasmasphere response.

Early stage of the plasmasphere response.

Plasmasphere plume extending along the Earth's geomagnetic field lines.

Plasmasphere plume extending along the Earth's geomagnetic field lines.

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See http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/cold_front_feature.html

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This page was originally published on Monday, December 5, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.

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Papers used in this visualization

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 110, A09S31, doi:10.1029/2004JA010928, 2005

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