Solar illumination control of ionospheric outflow above polar cap arcs
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Solar illumination control of ionospheric outflow above polar cap arcs
Wemeasure the flux density, composition, and energy of outflowing ions above the polar cap, accelerated by quasi-static electric fields parallel to the magnetic field and associated with polar cap arcs, using Cluster. Mapping the spacecraft position to its ionospheric foot point, we analyze the dependence of these parameters on the solar zenith angle (SZA). We find a clear transition at SZA bet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0094-8276,1944-8007
DOI: 10.1002/2014gl062972