Observing electric field and neutral wind with EISCAT 3D

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Stamm, Johann, Vierinen, Juha, Gustavsson, Björn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Rom- og plasmafysikk: 437; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Physics: 430::Space and plasma physics: 437; Fjernmåling med bakke og satelittbasert radar / Remote sensing using ground- and satellite-based radar; Polar Atmosfære/Geofysikk: Nordlys; Partikkelnedbør; Plasma / Polar Amosphere/Geophysic: Aurora; Particle Precipitation; Plasma; Øvre; EISCAT; nordlys
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23189; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-961-2021

Measurements of height-dependent electric field (E) and neutral wind (u) are important governing parameters of the Earth's upper atmosphere, which can be used to study, for example, how auroral currents close or how energy flows between the ionized and neutral constituents. The new EISCAT 3D (E...