First complementary observations by ionospheric tomography, the EISCAT Svalbard radar and the CUTLASS HF radar

Experimental results are presented from ionospheric tomography, the EISCAT Svalbard radar and the CUTLASS HF radar. Tomographic measurements on 10 October 1996, showing a narrow, field-aligned enhancement in electron density in the post-noon sector of the dayside auroral zone, are related to a tempo...

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Main Authors: C. N. Mitchell, I. K. Walker, S. E. Pryse, I. Kersley, I. W. McCrea, T. B. Jones
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1998
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Ionosphere
Auroral ionosphere
Polar ionosphere
Radio science (ionospheric physics)
Svalbard
EISCAT
Online Access:https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/First_complementary_observations_by_ionospheric_tomography_the_EISCAT_Svalbard_radar_and_the_CUTLASS_HF_radar/10137476
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Summary:Experimental results are presented from ionospheric tomography, the EISCAT Svalbard radar and the CUTLASS HF radar. Tomographic measurements on 10 October 1996, showing a narrow, field-aligned enhancement in electron density in the post-noon sector of the dayside auroral zone, are related to a temporal increase in the plasma concentration observed by the incoherent scatter radar in the region where the HF radar indicated a low velocity sunwards convection. The results demonstrate the complementary nature of these three instruments for polar-cap ionospheric studies.

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