EISCAT observations of bursts of rapid flow in the high latitude dayside ionosphere

Todd, H., Bromage, B. J. I., Cowley, S. W. H., Lockwood, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, van Eyken, A. P. and Willis, D. M. (1986) EISCAT observations of bursts of rapid flow in the high latitude dayside ionosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 13 (9). pp. 909-912. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: 10.1029/GL013i009p00909

Abstract/Summary

Observations are presented of short-lived, highly structured bursts of rapid plasma flow observed with the EISCAT radar in the high latitude dayside ionosphere. It is shown that the properties of the bursts are consistent with ionospheric perturbations caused by impulsive, localized reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause, i.e. by flux transfer events.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/38911
Identification Number/DOI	10.1029/GL013i009p00909
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	No Reading authors. Back catalogue items Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	American Geophysical Union
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