Quantitative modelling of the closure of meso-scale parallel currents in the nightside ionosphere

On 12 January 2000, during a northward IMF period, two successive conjunctions occur between the CUTLASS SuperDARN radar pair and the two satellites Ørsted and FAST. This situation is used to describe and model the electrodynamic of a nightside meso-scale arc associated with a convection shear. T...

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Main Authors: A. Marchaudon, J.-C. Cerisier, O. Amm, M. Lester, C. W. Carlson, G. K. Parks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-01-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/22/125/2004/angeo-22-125-2004.pdf