Nonlinear model of short-scale electrodynamics in the auroral ionosphere

The optical detection of auroral subarcs a few tens of m wide as well as the direct observation of shears several m/s per m over km to sub km scales by rocket instrumentation both indicate that violent and highly localized electrodynamics can occur at times in the auroral ionosphere over scales...

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Main Authors: J.-M. A. Noël, J.-P. St.-Maurice, P.-L. Blelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2000-09-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/18/1128/2000/angeo-18-1128-2000.pdf