Radar-satellite studies of the high-latitude ionosphere. Annual progress report no. 2, Aug 90-Aug 91

Technical Report · Wed Oct 09 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5800447

Foster, J C

During the second year of this research program, work has continued on multi-instrument experiments investigating the effects of the large-scale convection electric field in the auroral and mid-latitude ionosphere. A radar-satellite study of electric field latitude structure during the February 8-9, 1986 great magnetic storm was completed and has provided an excellent example of the application of multi-instrument techniques to the investigation of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling problems. Studies of the high-latitude boundary between auroral and polar cap latitudes have emphasized convection and ionospheric plasma structure near the dayside cusp and the transport of ionospheric plasma into the polar cap during storms. Mesoscale resolution electric field structure was addressed in a multi-instrument study involving the Canadian BARS radar facility and the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar.

• Research Organization: Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5800447
• Report Number(s): AD-A-243275/5/XAB; CNN: AFOSR-89-0454
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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661320* -- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magnetospheric Phenomena-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AURORAE
AURORAL ZONES
CANADA
CONVECTION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ENERGY TRANSFER
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
HEAT TRANSFER
INCOHERENT SCATTERING
IONOSPHERE
LATITUDE EFFECT
MAGNETIC STORMS
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NORTH AMERICA
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA DRIFT
POLAR CUSP
POLAR REGIONS
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SCATTERING
TRANSPORT
VARIATIONS