3D Imaging Reveals Electrodynamics of Polar Cap Aurora

Citation

Hanna Dahlgren, Gareth Perry, Jean-Pierre St Maurice, Torbjorn Sundberg, Keisuke Hosokawa, Joshua L Semeter, Michael J Nicolls, Kazuo Shiokawa, 3D imaging reveals electrod ynamics of polar cap aurora, Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 55, Issue 5, October 2014, Pages 5.26–5.28, https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atu215

Abstract

Rishbeth prizewinners Hanna Dahlgren and colleagues investigate the nature of an auroral arc appearing within the deep polar cap region, which won the 2014 Rishbeth Poster Award at Hot Springs Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) 2014 conference.

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