H.3.3                  Plasmasphere

Typical ion and electron temperatures, throughout the plasmasphere are of the order of 0,5 eV. The electron temperature is thus far too low to produce hazardous charging effects.

The CGPM code [RN.8] has been widely distributed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and can generally be obtained directly from them.

A representative profile though the ionosphere and plasmasphere is shown in Table A-1. The density profile is dependent on geomagnetic activity as indicated in Figure H-1.