High Latitude F-Region Drift Studies.

The large scale, high latitude ionospheric convection pattern is driven by the interaction of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field with the earth's magnetosphere. Ground-based digital ionosondes, with spaced receiving antennas, have been developed and deployed at the high latitu...

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Main Authors: Reinisch,Bodo W, Buchau,Jurgen, Weber,Edward J, Dozois,Claude G, Bibl,Klaus
Other Authors: LOWELL UNIV MA CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1986
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
*IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES
*F REGION
*SOLAR WIND
CONVECTION
DRIFT
DATA ACQUISITION
IONOSONDS
HIGH LATITUDES
INTERACTIONS
PE62101F
WU464308AD
Greenland
Thule
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA184466
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Summary:The large scale, high latitude ionospheric convection pattern is driven by the interaction of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field with the earth's magnetosphere. Ground-based digital ionosondes, with spaced receiving antennas, have been developed and deployed at the high latitude stations of Thule, Greenland and Goose Bay, Labrador. Results from these stations demonstrate that the ionospheric convection can be measured for the bottomside ionosphere. Data from Thule consistently show the predominant antisunward convection. The data from Goose Bay indicate the sunward return flows of the polar plasma convection and the switch over when the station rotates from the dusk into the dawn cell. These data also illustrate the potential for systematic study of the convection patterns that is possible with a network of ground-based digital ionosondes. (Author)

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