In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited)

Details In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited) In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited)

Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsa53b..03k&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SA53B-03

Computer Science

Sound

[2407] Ionosphere / Auroral Ionosphere, [2411] Ionosphere / Electric Fields, [2427] Ionosphere / Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions

Scientific paper

The rate of conversion of electrical to mechanical energy (and vice-versa) in ionosphere can be determined by height-resolved measurements of electric field, ion drift velocity, and neutral winds spanning the ion-neutral coupling region. However, altitude profiles of the key parameters are rare and difficult to obtain and to date only one sounding rocket experiment (JOULE-II) has successfully measured all three simultaneously. As is well-known, the height-integrated dissipation rate along a geomagnetic field line can also be determined from above the ionosphere through the Poynting vector, though with some caveats, and without any information on the altitude profile. In this talk we compare the height-resolved JOULE-II measurements with planned measurements from the upcoming ESA Swarm satellite mission (400-500 km orbital altitude) to illustrate some advantages and shortcomings of both techniques, sounding rocket and satellite-based.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited) does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited), we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and In-situ Measurements Within and Above the Ion-Neutral Coupling Region: Sounding Rocket versus Satellite Measurements (Invited) will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1506293