Direct observations of the full Dungey convection cycle in the polar ionosphere for southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
• Main Authors: Zhang, Q-H, Lockwood, M, Foster, JC, Zhang, S-R, Zhang, B-C, Mccrea, IW, Moen, J, Lester, M, Ruohoniemi, JM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2015
• Subjects: Dungey convection cycle; EISCAT radar; GPS TEC; Polar cap patches; Arctic; Antarctic; Canada; Norway; Tromsø; Lester; Haystack; Moen; Antarc*; Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration; EISCAT
• Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JA021172/abstract; http://hdl.handle.net/2381/32818; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021172

Tracking the formation and full evolution of polar cap ionization patches in the polar ionosphere, we directly observe the full Dungey convection cycle for southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions. This enables us to study how the Dungey cycle influences the patches' evolution....