Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF e region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   MacDougall, J W ^a   St Maurice, J P ^a   Moorcroft, D R ^a   Newell, P T ^b   Prikryl, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AURORAL OVAL; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; SPECTROGRAMS; SUPERDARN;

E REGION;

EID: 0037092276     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014184     Document Type: Article

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