Polar cap sporadic E

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Physics
• Main Author: Gerson, N. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; Arctic; Canada; Resolute Bay; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p69-116; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/p69-116

Backscatter probings (at 28 MHz) of the arctic ionosphere were made at Alert, Canada, for almost two years. A skewed distribution around the site was found with (a) maximum occurrences constrained to the northeast within ±30° of the great circle through Alert and the principal northern magnetic dip...