The BEAN experiment - An EISCAT study of ion temperature anisotropies

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: I. W. McCrea, G. O. L. Jones, M. Lester
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 1995
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Kiruna; Sodankylä; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-995-0177-x; https://doaj.org/article/d3e09ed64dcf4d06914a63362a47d803

Results are presented from a novel EISCAT special programme, SP-UK-BEAN, intended for the direct measurement of the ion temperature anisotropy during ion frictional heating events in the high-latitude F-region. The experiment employs a geometry which provides three simultaneous estimates of the ion...