Observations of plasma density structures in association with the passage of traveling convection vortices and the occurrence of large plasma jets

We report important results of the first campaign specially designed to observe the formation and the initial convection of polar cap patches. The principal instrumentation used in the experiments comprised the EISCAT, the Sondrestrom, and the Super DARN network of radars. The experiment was con...

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Main Authors: C. E. Valladares, D. Alcaydé, J. V. Rodriguez, J. M. Ruohoniemi, A. P. Van Eyken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1999-08-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/17/1020/1999/angeo-17-1020-1999.pdf