On the fine structure of medium energy electron fluxes in the auroral zone and related effects in the ionospheric D-region

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Hargreaves, J. K., Birch, M. J., Evans, D. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Kilpisjärvi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1107-2010; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00028942; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00028897/angeo-28-1107-2010.pdf; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/28/1107/2010/angeo-28-1107-2010.pdf

This study is based on measurements of trapped and precipitated electrons of energy >30 keV and >100 keV observed by polar orbiting environmental satellites during overpasses of the imaging riometer at Kilpisjärvi, Finland. The satellites are in sun-synchronous orbits of about 850 km altitude,...