Stratification of east-west plasma flow channels observed in the ionospheric cusp in response to IMF by polarity changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Rinne, Y ^a,b   Moen, J ^a,b   Carlson, H C ^a,c   Hairston, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA FLOW;

A-TRAIN; DIRECTED FLOW; EISCAT SVALBARD RADARS; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; FLOW CHANNELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; POLAR CAP; POLARITY CHANGE; RECONNECTION SITES; TENSION FORCE; TRACK FORMATION; WESTWARD FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW;

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 77954678044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043307     Document Type: Article

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