Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jgra..10904304g&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue A4, CiteID A04304
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Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Thermospheric Dynamics (0358), Magnetospheric Physics: Storms And Substorms, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves And Tides, Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions (0335)
Scientific paper
High-resolution observations of the dynamics of the ionospheric E region (100-150 km) at midlatitudes have been made with the incoherent scatter radar at Millstone Hill (42.6°N, 71.5°W) during several intense geomagnetic storms (Kp ~ 8-9). These included the storms of 25 September 1998, 15 July 2000, and 31 March 2001. The observations reveal electric fields of up to 100 mV/m during these events and indicate E region zonal plasma drifts of 300-1000 m/s, westward in the evening sector and eastward in the morning sector, with smaller meridional drifts. The tidal pattern of neutral winds in the lower thermosphere is heavily disrupted. The zonal component of the neutral wind follows convection-driven ion flow, while the meridional component shows a more complex response to geomagnetic forcing.
Foster John C.
Goncharenko Larisa P.
Huang Chaosong
Salah Joseph E.
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