High latitude f-region drift studies. Technical report, October 1985-September 1986

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5804432

Reinisch, B W; Buchau, J; Weber, E J; Dozois, C G; Bibl, K

The large-scale, high-latitude ionospheric-convection pattern is driven by the interaction of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field with the earth's magnetosphere. Ground-based digital ionosondes, with spaced receiving antennas, have been developed and deployed at the high latitude stations of Thule, Greenland and Goose Bay, Labrador. Results from these stations demonstrate that the ionospheric convection can be measured for the bottomside ionosphere. Data from Thule consistently show the predominant antisunward convection. The data from Goose Bay indicate the sunward return flows of the polar plasma convection and the switch over when the station rotates from the dusk into the dawn cell. These data also illustrate the potential for systematic study of the convection patterns that is possible with a network of ground-based digital ionosondes.

• Research Organization: Lowell Univ., MA (USA). Center for Atmospheric Research
• OSTI ID: 5804432
• Report Number(s): AD-A-184466/1/XAB; ULRF-436/CAR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CONVECTION
DATA ACQUISITION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE
ENERGY TRANSFER
F REGION
HEAT TRANSFER
INTERACTIONS
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
IONOSPHERE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MASS TRANSFER
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA DRIFT
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR WIND