Ionospheric dynamics in the polar cap

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Title: Ionospheric dynamics in the polar cap

Description:

Abstract:

The aim is to measure structure and drift in polar-cap ionospheric layers in order to test current theories and models, identify unexplained behaviour and develop theoretical explanations. The polar cap ionosphere is affected significantly by conditions in the solar wind, so it is important to understand this outer region of our environment, not just to extend our knowledge, but to improve space weather predictions. Specific outcomes will include advances in understanding and predicting the behaviour of the polar cap ionosphere, development of new ionospheric radar techniques, improved models of the polar cap electric field and training of postgraduate students. This project is also related to ASAC project 128 (ASAC_128).

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REFERENCE: Parkinson, M.L., Monselessan, D.P., Smith, P.R., Dyson, P.L. and Morris, R.J. (1997) Digital ionosonde measurements of the height variation of drift velocity in the southern polar cap ionosphere: initial results. Journal of Geophysical Research 102(A11) . 24,075-090 Smith, P.R., Dyson, P.L., Monselesan, D.P. and Morris, R.J. (1998) Ionospheric convection at Casey, a southern polar cap station. Journal of Geophysical Research 103 (A2) . 2209-2218 Dyson, P.L., Parkinson, M.L., Quach, A, Smith, P.R. and Monselesan, D.P. (1995) Radio studies of the southern hemisphere high latitude ionosphere. Advances in Space Research 16(5) . 103-112 Parkinson, M.L., Breed, A.M., Dyson, P.L. and Morris, R.J. (1999) Application of the Dopplionogram to Doppler-sorted interferometry measurements of ionospheric drift velocity Radio Science 34 (4) . 899-912

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 100.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 120.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > ENERGY DEPOSITION

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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE

Access_Constraints: The data from this project are lodged with the IPS World Data Centre. The data are also held by the Space and Atmospheric Sciences section of the Australian Antarctic Division. Contact the investigator for details as specific software is required to view the data, and to access these data.

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This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

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Address: 203 Channel Highway

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City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

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Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

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Contact_Person: RAY J. MORRIS

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 203 Channel Highway

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3315

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