Simultaneous high- and low-latitude reconnection: ESR and DMSP observations

We present EISCAT Svalbard Radar and DMSP observations of a double cusp during an interval of predominantly northward IMF on 26 November 2000. In the cusp region, the ESR dish, pointing northward, recorded sun-ward ionospheric flow at high latitudes (above 82° GL), indicating reconnection oc...

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Main Authors: F. Pitout, P. T. Newell, S. C. Buchert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-09-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/20/1311/2002/angeo-20-1311-2002.pdf