Electromagnetic Coupling in the Polar Clefts and Caps

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Electrodynamics of the Ionosphere/Magnetosphere/Solar Wind System at High Latitudes....Pages 1-9
The Formation of Isolated Magnetic Flux Tubes on the Dayside Magnetopause....Pages 11-26
Impulsive Penetration of Solar Wind Plasma Irregularities into the Magnetosphere : Relevant Laboratory Experiments....Pages 27-42
Polar Rain and the Question of Direct Particle Access....Pages 43-60
Auroral Oval Configuration During the Quiet Condition....Pages 61-85
On Quantifying the Distinctions Between the Cusp and the CLEFT/LLBL....Pages 87-101
Heating of Thermal Ions Near the Equatorward Boundary of the Mid-Altitude Polar Cleft....Pages 103-113
Two-Dimensional Mapping of Dayside Convection....Pages 115-125
Ionospheric Convection in the Polar Cap as Seen by Optical Imaging....Pages 127-136
Balloon Observations of the Electric Field Over South Pole: Convection Patterns....Pages 137-150
Ground Magnetic Perturbations in the Polar Cap and Cleft: Structure and Dynamics of Ionospheric Currents....Pages 151-165
ULF Pulsations in the Polar Cusp and Cap....Pages 167-186
Studies of Pc 1-Pc3 Geomagnetic Pulsations at High Southern Latitudes: Implications for origin and Transmission....Pages 187-201
Transmission of Solar Wind Hydromagnetic Energy Into the High Latitude Magnetosphere....Pages 203-209
ELF and VLF Waves in the Polar Clefts and Caps....Pages 211-228
Pc 1–5 Geomagnetic Pulsations and 750 Hz ELF Activity at Ground Level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres....Pages 229-238
Ground Magnetic Perturbations in the Polar Cap and Cleft: Relationship with the IMF....Pages 239-251
Relationships Between Auroral and Magnetic Activity in the Polar Cusp/Cleft....Pages 253-267
Electrodynamics of Auroral and Polar Cap Arcs at Very High Latitudes....Pages 269-284
Simultaneous Radar and Satellite Observations of the Polar Cusp/Cleft at Sondre Stromfjord....Pages 285-298
The Electrodynamic Signature of Short Scale Field Aligned Currents, and Associated Turbulence in the Cusp and Dayside Auroral Zone....Pages 299-310
Polar Cleft Structure at 09 MLT: Coordinated Satellite- and Ground-Based Observations....Pages 311-318
6300-Å Auroral Emissions at South Pole: Dayside Pole-Ward Motion and Sun Aligned Arcs....Pages 319-342
Plasma Transport through the Dayside Cleft: A Source of Ionization Patches in the Polar Cap....Pages 343-354
Geomagnetic Response of the Polar Thermosphere and Ionosphere....Pages 355-391
F-Region Storms and Thermospheric Circulation....Pages 393-406
Thermospheric Dynamics in the Polar E- and F Region: Results of a Nonlinear, Spectral Model....Pages 407-419
Gravity Wave Studies at Polar Latitudes....Pages 421-434
50 MHz Backscatter Observations in the Polar Cap Ionospheric E Region....Pages 435-447
The Middle and High Latitude Ionosphere at ∼ 550 km Altitude....Pages 449-454
Summary....Pages 455-460
Back Matter....Pages 461-465