Field-aligned ion motions in the E and F regions

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May 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002jgra..107.1049f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Volume 107, Issue A5, pp. SIA 1-1, CiteID 1049, DOI 10.1029/2001JA900148

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Space Physics

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Ionosphere: Auroral Ionosphere (2704), Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions (0335), Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics

Scientific paper

Characteristics of field-aligned (FA) ion motions in the E and F region (below F peak) ionosphere have been determined based on an analysis of European incoherent scatter (EISCAT) Svalbard and Kiruna-Sodankylä-Tromsø (KST) data. Sporadic/burst upward FA ion motions are observed in southward electric field enhancement regions or in the postmidnight region, while relatively stable downward FA ion motions are seen in northward electric field enhancement regions or in other regions. Long-term (diurnal) variations of these upward and downward FA ions are likely driven by the large-scale from day-to-night thermospheric wind. However, each short-lived upward FA flow has neither one-to-one correspondence to an enhancement (or depletion) of the electric field nor that of electron density. The driving mechanism of the short-lived upward flow cannot thus be understood yet, although atmospheric gravity waves can be one of the possible mechanisms to create the short-term upward FA ion motions in the southward electric field region or in the postmidnight region.

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