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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 47-48

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... These thermal plasmas constitute a source for the energetic plasmas of the magnetosphere and control many magnetospheric processes. Ionospheric feedback through modification of electric fields alters the development of the magnetospheric ring current which is important for the evolution of geomagnetic storms.
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... A partial list of the types of instruments that could contribute to space weather distributed arrays includes the following: · Broad-Band Radio Receivers: GPS TEC, Scintillation, Tomography, VLF · Passive Radar: Intercepted Signals from non-dedicated transmitters (FM, e.g.) · Magnetospheric monitors: global, high-time-resolution magnetometers, riometers · Active Radio: Digisonde, Small Radar · Optics: All-Sky Imagers, Interferometers (neutral atmosphere dynamics)
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  • ring current
  • inner magnetosphere
  • radio receiver
  • lower atmosphere
  • geomagnetic storms

  • latitude ionosphere
  • thermal plasma


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