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Observations of whistlers during quiet times made at low-latitude ground station Nainital (geomag. lat. 19‡ 1′ N) are used to deduce plasmasphere-ionosphere coupling fluxes. The whistler data from 3 magnetically quiet days are presented that show a smooth decrease in dispersion with time. This decrease in dispersion is interpreted in terms of a corresponding decrease in electron content of tubes of ionization. The electron densities, electron tube contents (1016 el/m2-tube) and coupling fluxes (10 el m−1 s−2) are computed by means of an accurate curve fitting method developed by Tarcsai (1975) and are in good agreement with the results reported by other workers.
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Lalmani, Singh, R.P., Singh, R. et al. Whistler observations of the quiet time plasmasphere-ionosphere coupling fluxes at low latitude. Earth Moon Planet 74, 7–15 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118718
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