Polar Cap Ionospheric Oscillations in the ULF Frequency Range Observed With SuperDARN HF Radar

• Main Author: Scoular, Grant
• Other Authors: St.-Maurice, Jean-Pierre, Ponomarenko, Pavlo V., Sofko, George J., Steele, Tom, Shevyakov, Alexey
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2013
• Subjects: Polar Cap; HF radar; ULF waves; Pc3-4 waves; Ionosphere; Aurora; SuperDARN; Inuvik; Rankin Inlet; Taloyoak
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-08-1149

Pc3-4 waves are recorded as geomagnetic pulsations with periods of 6-100s. They are generated at the bowshock and propagate to mid and auroral latitudes as Alfvén waves along closed magnetic field lines. At these latitudes Pc3-4 waves have been studied on the ground using magnetometers and in the ion...