PFISR observations of strong azimuthal flow bursts in the ionosphere and their relation to nightside aurora

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 729-737

  Zou, S ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Nicolls, M J ^b   Heinselman, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Field aligned current; Flow burst; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Poleward boundary intensifications (PBIs)

Indexed keywords

AURORAL ARCS; AURORAL IMAGES; AURORAL STRUCTURES; AZIMUTHAL FLOWS; DIRECTED FLOWS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENERGETIC ELECTRON PRECIPITATIONS; FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENT; FLOW BURST; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADARS; LOW CONDUCTIVITIES; MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; PARTICLE ENERGIES; PEAK VELOCITIES; PLASMA SHEETS; POKER FLATS; POLAR CAPS; POLEWARD BOUNDARY INTENSIFICATIONS (PBIS); POTENTIAL DROPS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA SHEATHS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67349279534     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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