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Simultaneous optical and HF radar observations of the ionsopheric cusp

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/95GL01797· OSTI ID:160054
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  2. Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  4. Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD (United States)
Simultaneous optical all-sky imager and photometer data from South Pole station and the PACE HF radar at Halley, Antarctica from two case studies are used to show that their respective ionospheric signatures of the magnetospheric cusp are collocated to better than about 1{degrees} latitude. The plasma convection reversal as identified in the PACE data is usually observed within the region showing cusp precipitation, as expected from contemporary models of this region of geospace. 21 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
OSTI ID:
160054
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 22; ISSN GPRLAJ; ISSN 0094-8276
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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