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Apr 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996jgr...101.7973k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 101, Issue A4, p. 7973-7986
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Ionosphere: Ionospheric Irregularities, Ionosphere: Auroral Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Plasma Waves And Instabilities, Ionosphere: Electric Fields
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Since February 1995, regular observations have been carried out by the University of Saskatchewan radar group using a new 50-MHz Doppler radar system called SAPPHIRE-North. The SAPPHIRE-North radar monitors the ionospheric processes in the transitional region between the auroral oval and the polar cap over Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories. In this paper, results of the first 2 months of observations are presented. Echoes were registered at about 10% of observational time. Diurnal echo occurrence exhibited two distinct maxima, one close to noon and another prior to midnight. The noon echoes were usually of a diffuse type, while midnight echoes were of a discrete type. Midnight discrete echoes were found to be associated with an arrival of poleward expanding substorm bulges into the SAPPHIRE-North field of view. Noon diffuse echoes were most likely due to electric field enhancements in the vicinity of the cusp/cleft region. Salient spectral features of both the diffuse and discrete echoes are presented and compared with auroral zone results. The role of ionospheric refraction for observations of these high-latitude echoes is discussed.
Danskin Donald W.
Koehler James A.
Kustov A. V.
Sofko George J.
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