Peter M. Banks

TL;DR: In this paper, the electrical coupling between the solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere is studied using observations of high-latitude ion convection measured by the Sondre Stromfjord radar in Greenland and a computer simulation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined selected results from experiments, performed in 1980s, involving the ejection of beams of electrons from spacecraft, and special attention was given to the basic processes associated with the spacecraft charging, passive current collection, beam-atmosphere interactions, beamplasma interactions, and neutral gas emission.

TL;DR: The first active beamplasma experiments utilizing the space shuttle were carried out in March 1982 as part of the NASA Office of Space Science mission on the third space shuttle flight as mentioned in this paper, where a fast pulse electron generator emitted a 1-keV, 100-mA electron beam in either a continuous (dc) mode or an on/off modulated mode in the ELF to HF frequency range.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a study of a whistler mode emission detected during one particular continuous electron beam firing during a free flight of the PDP during the Spacelab 2 mission.

TL;DR: The overall objective of the particle environment monitor (PEM) is to provide comprehensive measurements of both local and global energy inputs into the earth's atmosphere by charged particles and Joule dissipation using a carefully integrated set of instruments as discussed by the authors.