Self-consistent analysis of high drift velocity measurements with the Scandinavian Twin Auroral Radar Experiment (STARE) system
Abstract
The use of the STARE and SABRE coherent radar systems in geophysical research with the superimposed grid point method is discussed. The method permits an analysis of E-layer plasma irregularity phase velocity versus flow angle utilizing only STARE or SABRE data. Analysis confirms that the cosine law assumption breaks down for velocities near and exceeding the local ion acoustic velocities. The method improves understanding of naturally-occurring plasma irregularities in the E-layer.
- Publication:
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Results of the ARCAD 3 Project and of Recent Programs in Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Physics
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985rapr.conf..943R
- Keywords:
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- E Region;
- Electron Plasma;
- Ionospheric Sounding;
- Plasma Drift;
- Radar Measurement;
- Velocity Measurement;
- Coherent Radar;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Phase Velocity;
- Geophysics