电浆层
电浆层，或内磁层是地球的磁层中包含低能量（冷）电浆的区域，它的位置在电离层之上，电浆层外面的边界被称为电浆层顶，在定义上该处的电浆密度已经降低了一个数量级。
电浆层是1963年唐·卡彭特（）在分析VLF啸声干扰波的数据时发现的。
传统上，电浆层被认为是行为受到地磁良好控制，并伴随着地球自转的低温电浆微粒。然而，最近的人造卫星观测显示出密度的不规则性，会形成羽毛状或biteouts；它也显示电浆层不会永远随着地球自转。
相关条目
- 电浆物理学条目列表
参考数据
- Carpenter, D. L., Whistler evidence of a 'knee' in the magnetospheric ionization density profile, J. Geophys. Res., 68, 1675-1682, 1963.
- Nishida, A., Formation of plasmapause, or magnetospheric plasma knee, by combined action of magnetospheric convections and plasma escape from the tail, J. Geophys. Res., 71, 5669, 1966.
- Sandel, B. R., et al., Extreme ultraviolet imager observations of the structure and dynamics of the plasmasphere, Space Sci. Rev., 109, 25, 2003.
外部链接
- NASA web site
- University of Michigan description Archive.is的存盘，存档日期2012-12-15
- University of Alabama in Huntsville research
- Southwest Research Institute description
- IMAGE Extreme Ultraviolet Imager （页面存档备份，存于）
- EUV Images of the plasmasphere
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