Relationship of Theoretical Patch Climatology to Polar Cap Patch Observations

• Main Authors: Bowline, M. D., Sojka, Jan Josef, Schunk, Robert W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Hosted by Utah State University Libraries 1996
• Subjects: theoretical; patch climatology; polar cap; patch observations; Physics; Canada; Eureka; Greenland; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/physics_facpub/178; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=physics_facpub

During a southward orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), patches are often observed moving antisunward across the polar cap. In saying “patches” we refer to structures in which the F region electron densities are enhanced relative to lower background levels; we do not in this paper...