On the ionospheric and thermospheric footprint of the polar cusp

• Main Author: Pitout, Frederic
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00366030

International audience At the footprint of the polar cusp, the ionosphere and the thermosphere are strongly affected by the combination of intense precipitation of magnetosheath particles and strong convection electric fields. In particular, incoherent radar observations indicate that the electron d...