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CUTLASS HF radar observations of high-latitude azimuthally propagating vortical currents in the nightside ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms

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CUTLASS HF radar observations of high-latitude azimuthally propagating vortical currents in the nightside ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms. / Wild, J. A.; Yeoman, T. K.
In: Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 18, No. 6, 06.2000, p. 640-652.

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title = "CUTLASS HF radar observations of high-latitude azimuthally propagating vortical currents in the nightside ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms",
abstract = "High-time resolution CUTLASS observations and ground-based magnetometers have been employed to study the occurrence of vortical fl{\= }ow structures propagating through the high-latitude ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms. Fast-moving flow vortices (~800 m/s) associated with Hall currents flowing around upward directed field-aligned currents are frequently observed propagating at high speed (~1 km/s) azimuthally away from the region of the ionosphere associated with the location of the substorm expansion phase onset. Furthermore, a statistical analysis drawn from over 1000 h of high-time resolution, nightside radar data has enabled the characterisation of the bulk properties of these vortical flow systems. Their occurrence with respect to substorm phase has been investigated and a possible generation mechanism has been suggested.",
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year = "2000",
month = jun,
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AU - Wild, J. A.

AU - Yeoman, T. K.

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N2 - High-time resolution CUTLASS observations and ground-based magnetometers have been employed to study the occurrence of vortical fl ̄ow structures propagating through the high-latitude ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms. Fast-moving flow vortices (~800 m/s) associated with Hall currents flowing around upward directed field-aligned currents are frequently observed propagating at high speed (~1 km/s) azimuthally away from the region of the ionosphere associated with the location of the substorm expansion phase onset. Furthermore, a statistical analysis drawn from over 1000 h of high-time resolution, nightside radar data has enabled the characterisation of the bulk properties of these vortical flow systems. Their occurrence with respect to substorm phase has been investigated and a possible generation mechanism has been suggested.

AB - High-time resolution CUTLASS observations and ground-based magnetometers have been employed to study the occurrence of vortical fl ̄ow structures propagating through the high-latitude ionosphere during magnetospheric substorms. Fast-moving flow vortices (~800 m/s) associated with Hall currents flowing around upward directed field-aligned currents are frequently observed propagating at high speed (~1 km/s) azimuthally away from the region of the ionosphere associated with the location of the substorm expansion phase onset. Furthermore, a statistical analysis drawn from over 1000 h of high-time resolution, nightside radar data has enabled the characterisation of the bulk properties of these vortical flow systems. Their occurrence with respect to substorm phase has been investigated and a possible generation mechanism has been suggested.

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