ISR Supplemented Studies of the CUSP and POLAR CAP

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking University of Oslo as follows: The contractor will investigate the altitude range of the optical red line emission from noon aurorae, and also the transient upwelling of the thermosphere as a signature of transient entry of ionospheric plasma through the cusp into the polar cap night time ionosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA371004

Entities

People

  • Alv Egeland

Organizations

  • University of Oslo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Contracts
  • Convection
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionosphere
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetosphere
  • Observation
  • Optical Instruments
  • Polar Cap
  • Regions
  • Solar Wind
  • Space Sciences

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.