Simultaneous HF-radar and DMSP observations of the cusp

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Coherent Radar, Dmsp Satellites, Doppler Radar, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Radar Scattering, Solar Wind, Cusps (Landforms), Field Of View, Particle Precipitation, Southern Hemisphere

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The Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Program is directed toward modeling the coupled solar wind/magnetosphere/ionosphere system. The inter-calibration of ground-based observations of the ionosphere and satellite observations has been identified as an essential step in tying together the data to produce a global picture of geospace. On October 10, 1988 the DMSP-F9 satellite passed through the Southern Hemisphere cusp while a coheret scatter HF-radar was observing 10-m scale irregularities present in the ionosphere. The combined data indicate that these irregularities were being generated in the cusp, and that the cusp was a region of greater than normal electric field turbulence. The radar data indicate that the cusp was colocated with the region where the ionospheric convection rotated from sunward to anti-sunward with increasing latitude. These observations provide an unambiguous case where simultaneous satellite and ground-based observations of the cusp can be compared.

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