Brief Description:
This model was developed based on data from the Radio Plasma Imager (RPI)
on the IMAGE spacecraft. Since the launch of IMAGE in March 2000, RPI has
continuously recorded plasmasphere soundings. The electron density
profile inverted from a single such plasmagram gives the density distribution along
a considerable portion of the magnetic field line. Based on many of such field-line
profiles Huang et al. (2004) have constructed a model that varies with L-value and latitude.
Availability: Please contact model authors.
References:
Xueqin Huang, Bodo W. Reinisch, Paul Song, James L. Green,
Dennis L. Gallagher, Developing an empirical density model of the plasmasphere
using IMAGE/RPI observations, Advances in Space Research 33, 829 - 832, 2004
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