Day-night coupling by a localized flow channel visualized by polar cap patch propagation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3701-3709

  Nishimura, Y ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Zou, Y ^a   Oksavik, K ^b,c   Moen, J I ^c   Clausen, L B ^d   Donovan, E F ^e   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Shiokawa, K ^f   Ruohoniemi, J M ^g   Nishitani, N ^f   McWilliams, K A ^h   Lester, M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

day night coupling; flow channel; polar cap patch; poleward moving auroral form; reconnection

Indexed keywords

PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; RADAR ASTRONOMY;

COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; FLOW CHANNELS; LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER; OPEN-CLOSED BOUNDARIES; POLAR CAP PATCHES; RECONNECTION; SUPER DUAL AURORAL RADAR NETWORK;

CHANNEL FLOW;

AIRGLOW; AURORA; PLASMA; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84901727126     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060301     Document Type: Article

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