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Parallel and perpendicular electric fields in an aurora
F. S. Mozer,U.V. Fahleson +1 more
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In this paper, the results of a rocket borne electric field experiment flown near local midnight from Andenes, Norway have been transformed to an Earth-fixed coordinate system and compared with plasma temperature and density measurements, energetic particle fluxes, and perpendicular electric field variations, to strengthen the earlier conclusion that ∼10 mV/m electric fields existed parallel to the magnetic field line during the flight.About:
This article is published in Planetary and Space Science.The article was published on 1970-11-01. It has received 97 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Electric field & Electric flux.read more
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Small-Scale Structure in the Earth’s Ionosphere: Theory and Numerical Simulation
TL;DR: In this paper, the cause and nonlinear evolution of the gradient drift and collisional Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in the earth's ionosphere were described in qualitative terms, by using the examples of ionospheric barium clouds and equatorial spread F "bubbles" respectively.
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Electric field oscillations measured near an auroral arc
TL;DR: A sounding rocket, launched into the expansive phase of an auroral substorm, measured bursts of electric field oscillations with a typical period of one second and a magnitude exceeding 20 mV/m as discussed by the authors.
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Geomagnetic Effects in Spatial Distributions of Particle Precipitation in Terms of Particle Energy Channels
Auroral arc classification scheme based on the observed arc-associated electric field pattern
TL;DR: In this article, a classification of different arc types based on the relative influence on the electric field pattern from the two current continuity mechanisms, polarization electric fields and Birkeland currents, is presented.
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A mechanism for energizing electrons in the magnetosphere
TL;DR: In this article, an electrodynamic heating mechanism is proposed to account for the precipitation of kilovolt energy electrons during an auroral disturbance, given the existence of an electric field transverse to the geomagnetic field caused by space charges in the magnetosphere, currents will flow along the magnetic field connecting the space charges to the conducting ionosphere.
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Preliminary results of electric field measurements in the auroral zone
H. Föppl,Gerhard Haerendel,L. Haser,R. Lüst,F. Melzner,B. Meyer,H. Neuss,H. H. Rabben,E. Rieger,J. Stöcker,W. Stoffregen +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, five Nike-Apache rockets were launched from Kiruna, Sweden, carrying barium release and electron concentration experiments, and the magnitudes of the electric fields varied between 2 and 20 v/km.
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Electric field measurements in the auroral ionosphere
F. S. Mozer,P. Bruston +1 more
TL;DR: Vector electric field and particle intensity measurements from sounding rocket launched into visible aurora were collected from the International Space Station (ISS) as mentioned in this paper, where they were used to detect the aurora.
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Effects of Field-Aligned Currents on the Structure of the Ionosphere
TL;DR: The influence of electric currents along the magnetic field lines on the high-latitude F-layer ionosphere is investigated theoretically in this paper, where it is shown that a current of either sign leads to a reduction of the total electron content and the maximum density, if the charge carriers have to be produced in the ionosphere.
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Investigation of the operation of a d.c. electric field detector
TL;DR: In this article, double-lungmuir probe detector systems have been successfully used on three rockets in the past two years to measure quasi-static and a.c. electric fields in the auroral zone ionosphere.
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