Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.316..133b&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 316, July 11, 1985, p. 133-135.
Physics
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Auroral Zones, Convection Currents, E Region, Earth Magnetosphere, Ionospheric Currents, Radar Tracking, Doppler Effect, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
The projection of the magnetospheric convection electric field into the ionosphere drives an asymmetric two-cell pattern of plasma circulation in the auroral zone. The Scandinavian Twin Auroral Radar Experiment (STARE) and the Sweden And Britain auroral Radar Experiment (SABRE) are two similar and independent coherent radar systems which can estimate E-region electron drift velocities at auroral latitudes. By combining their measurements, the convection flow pattern over 8 degrees of latitude has been monitored simultaneously for the first time. It is shown here how this allows a more extensive study of the nightside (Harang discontinuity) and dayside (cusp) boundaries between the cells, and enables spatial and temporal features of the flow pattern to be resolved.
Burrage Mark D.
Jones Bernard T.
Nielsen Edward
Waldock J. A.
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