Potential impact of Swarm electric field data on global 2D convection mapping in combination with SuperDARN radar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-99

  Fiori, R A D ^a   Boteler, D H ^a   Knudsen, D ^b   Burchill, J ^b   Koustov, A V ^c   Cousins, E D P ^d   Blais, C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Ionosphere; SuperDARN; Swarm

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTION PATTERNS; CONVECTION VORTEX; CROSS POLAR CAP POTENTIAL; DATA SETS; FIELD INSTRUMENTS; GLOBAL CONTEXT; INPUT VELOCITY; ION DRIFTS; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION; LIMITED DATA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLASMA DRIFTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RADAR DATA; SATELLITE OPERATIONS; SATELLITE TRACKS; STATISTICAL MODELS; SUPER DUAL AURORAL RADAR NETWORK; SUPERDARN; SWARM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; HEAT CONVECTION; IONOSPHERE; IONS; SATELLITES;

RADAR ASTRONOMY;

EID: 84872022661     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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