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Front Matter i-xviii
Answering the Scientific Questions 4-21
References 22-23
International Magnetospheric Study First Report Spacecraft Missions 24-24
Membership 25-26
Summary d 27-27
Introduction 28-30
Physical Problems To Be Attacked 31-35
Approved Spacecraft Missions and Recommendations for Filling Existing Gaps 36-36
Critical Gaps and Corresponding Recommendations 37-39
Ground-based Ballon and Rocket Observations 40-41
Data Acquisition and Utilization 42-43
International Magnetospheric Study Second Report Ground Based Balloon and Rocket Programs 44-50
Introduction 51-53
Physical Problems and Recommended Gbr Techniques 54-55
Processes in the Auroral Oval and Polar Caps 56-56
Auroral Particles and Electromagnetic Waves 57-58
Polar Electrojet 59-60
Activity Over the Polar Caps 61-62
Field Aligned Currents and Electric Fields 63-63
Motions of Auroral Oval Boundaries 64-64
Thermospheric Heating 65-65
Propagation of Auroral Energy Towards Lower Latitudes 66-66
The Plasmapause 67-67
General Description of Magnetcsphereioncsphere Coupling in the Vicinity of the Plasmapause 68-69
Dynamic Behaviour How Coupled Plasmapause Effects Develop and Decay in Time 70-70
Ionospheric Effects of Multiple Equatorial Plasmapause Profiles 71-71
The Sq Current System 72-72
Whistler and Ulf Ducts 73-73
Ionization Interchange Between Plasmasphere and Ionosphere During Quiet Conditions and During Large Magnetic Storms 74-74
Regions of Detached High Density Plasma 75-75
Wave-particle Interactions 76-76
Other Interactions 77-77
Active Magnetospheric Experiments 78-78
Wave Injections 79-80
Particle Injections 81-81
Special Needs 82-82
Conjugate Point Experiments 83-84
Supporting Activities 85-85
Magnetospheric Indices 86-86
Standardization of Data Formats and Circulation 87-96

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International Magnetospheric Study: guidelines for United States participation : report of a Joint Ad Hoc Study Panel on the IMS of the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research and the Space Science Board, National Research Council. (1973)

Chapter: Wave-particle Interactions

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International Magnetospheric Study: guidelines for United States participation : report of a Joint Ad Hoc Study Panel on the IMS of the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research and the Space Science Board, National Research Council. (1973)

Chapter: Wave-particle Interactions