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RIMS- References


Instrument Description Papers
Chappell, C. R., S. A. Fields, C. R. Baugher, J. H. Hoffman, W. B. Hanson, W. W. Wright, H. D. Hammack, G. R. Carignan, and A. F. Nagy, The Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer on Dynamics Explorer-A, Space Sci. Instrum., 5, 477, 1981.

Fields, S. A., C. R. Baugher, C. R. Chappell, D. L. Reasoner, H. D. Hammack, W. W. Wright, and J. H. Hoffman, Instrument manual for the retarding ion mass spectrometer on Dynamics Explorer-1, NASA TM-82484, 1982.

Olsen, R. C., R. H. Comfort, M. O. Chandler, T. E. Moore, J. H. Waite, Jr., D. L. Reasoner, and A. P. Biddle, DE 1 RIMS operational characteristics, NASA TM-86527, 1985.Checked reference


Analysis Technique Papers
Biddle, A. P., T. E. Moore, and C. R. Chappell, Evidence for ion heat flux in the light ion polar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 8552, 1985.

Chandler, M. O., and C. R. Chappell, Observations of the flow of the H+ and He+ along magnetic field lines in the plasmasphere, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 8847, 1986.

Comfort, R. H., C. R. Baugher, and C. R. Chappell, Use of the thin sheath approximation for obtaining ion temperatures from the ISEE-1 limited aperture RPA, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 5709, 1982.

Comfort, R. H. , J. H. Waite, Jr., and C. R. Chappell, Thermal ion temperature from the retarding ion mass spectrometer on DE-1, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 3475, 1985.

Comfort, R. H. and M. O. Chandler, Semi-empirical analytical model for the spin modulation of RPA fluxes, J. Spacecraft Roc., 27, 577, 1990.

Giles, B. L., Inner magnetosphere circulation of thermal ions inferred from observed pitch angle distributions, Ph.D. thesis, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1993.

Pollock, C. J., M. O. Chandler, T. E. Moore, J. H. Waite, Jr., C. R. Chappell, and D. A. Gurnett, A survey of upwelling ion event characteristics, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,969-18,980, 1990.

Waite, J. H., Jr., D. L. Gallagher, M. O. Chandler, R. C. Olsen, R. H. Comfort, J. F. E. Johnson, C. R. Chappell, W. K. Peterson, D. Weimer, S. D. Shawhan, and E. G. Shelley, Plasma and wave observations of a Pc5 wave event, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 11,147, 1986.

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