ESR and EISCAT observations of the response of the cusp and cleft to IMF orientation changes

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: McCrea, I. W., Lockwood, Mike, Moen, J., Pitout, F., Eglitis, P., Aylward, A. D., Cerisier, J.-C., Thorolfssen, A., Milan, S. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2000
• Subjects: Svalbard; Tromso; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/38733/; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/38733/1/187_McCreaetal_AG_1009.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-1009-7

We report observations of the cusp/cleft ionosphere made on December 16th 1998 by the EISCAT (European incoherent scatter) VHF radar at Tromso and the EISCAT Svalbard radar (ESR). We compare them with observations of the dayside auroral luminosity, as seen by meridian scanning photometers at Ny Ales...