Dayside auroral activity and magnetic flux transfer from the solar wind, Geophys

• Main Authors: M. Lockwood, P. E. Sandholt, S. W. H. Cowley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Lockwood; Todd; EISCAT
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.8570; http://www.eiscat.rl.ac.uk/Members/mike/publications/pdfs/1989/49_Lockwoodetal_1989.pdf

Abstract. Combined observations by meridian-scanning photometers and the EISCAT radar show that the "midday-auroral breakup " phenomenon is associated with major increases in ionospheric flow. A sequence of nine events is observed in the early afternoon MLT sector during a period when the...