Coordinated measurements of auroral zone plasma enhancements

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Jul 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.6497w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, July 1, 1985, p. 6497-6513.

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Auroral Zones, Electron Precipitation, F Region, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Sounding, Plasma Diagnostics, Electron Density Profiles, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Radar Measurement, Satellite Sounding, Scintillation, Spectral Emission

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Large-scale F layer plasma enhancements represent a regularly observed feature of the auroral ionosphere. The present paper provides a complementary set of remote and in situ measurements to describe the structure and dynamics of E and F layer plasma in the nighttime auroral zone. The Chatanika radar, through magnetic meridian scans, continuously measured electron density, temperature, and ionospheric electric fields. The Airborne Ionospheric Observatory (AIO) of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) flew multiple north-south missions along the radar magnetic meridian and performed optical, ionosonde, and scintillation measurements. A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite passing along the meridian measured precipitating electrons. On the basis of these observations it was concluded that the observed F region density enhancements were not locally produced by precipitating electrons.

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