EISCAT observations of plasma patches at sub-auroral cusp latitudes

• Main Authors: Moen, J., Carlson, H. C., Oksavik, K., Nielsen, C. P., Pryse, S. E., Middleton, H. R., Mccrea, I. W., Gallop, P.
• Other Authors: Department of Physics, Okayama University, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), United States Air Force (USAF), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD (APL), Norwegian Polar Institute, Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Wales, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Birkeland; Svalbard; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00318165; https://hal.science/hal-00318165/document; https://hal.science/hal-00318165/file/angeo-24-2363-2006.pdf

International audience A sequence of 3 patches of high-density (10 12 m ?3 ) cold plasma on a horizontal scale-size of 300?700 km was observed near magnetic noon by the EISCAT VHF radar above Svalbard on 17 December 2001. The patches followed a trajectory towards the cusp inflow region. The combinat...