Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
Rocket-borne instrumentation, launched into the morning sector auroral zone from Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland, detects electron density enhancements correlated with enhancements in the flux of soft (less than 1 keV) downgoing electrons. These electron density enhancements seem most likely to have been generated by direct production of ionization at F region altitudes. Model calculations of the electron impact ionization rate, based on the measured electron spectrum, lend support to this hypothesis.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 94; 3791-379
Format:
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