Gallagher, D. L., P. D. Craven, R. H. Comfort, J. L. Green, and S. F.
Fung, Remote observation of the Earth's plasmasphere, presented at the
1995 IUGG/IAGA Meeting, Boulder Colorado, July 2-14, 1995.

Remote observation of the Earth's plasmasphere

D. L. Gallagher, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
35812 (dennis.gallagher@msfc.nasa.gov)
P. D. Craven, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. 35812
(craven@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov)
R. H. Comfort, CSPAR/Physics Department, University of Alabama in
Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899 (cspar::comfort)
J. L. Green, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
(green@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov)
S. F. Fung, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
(fung@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Dense, cold plasma in the Earth's inner magnetosphere may soon be the
object of remote observation in ultraviolet light and reflected radio
waves.  Recent empirical modeling of this region affords the
opportunity to simulate anticipated observational products, to specify
required measurement capabilities, and to examine methods for
subsequent data interpretation.  We will present simulations of remote
plasmaspheric observations in scattered solar ultraviolet light at
30.4 nm and of remote sounding by radio waves.  Simulated remote,
global observations will be compared with model characteristics and
used to discuss anticipated feature identification and data analysis.