Name: High-Latitude Space Plasma Physics
ISBN: 978-1-4613-3652-5

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Bengt Hultqvist⁰,
Tor Hagfors¹

Bengt Hultqvist
1. Kiruna Geophysical Institute, Kiruna, Sweden
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Tor Hagfors
1. EISCAT Scientific Association, Kiruna, Sweden
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Part of the book series: Nobel Foundation Symposia (NOFS, volume 54)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-ix

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The EISCAT Facility
1. The EISCAT Facility
  
  T. Hagfors
  
  Pages 1-9
The Viking Satellite
1. The Viking Satellite
  
  Kerstin Fredga
  
  Pages 11-17
Physics of the High Latitude Ionosphere
1. The Role of the Auroral Ionosphere in Magnetospheric Substorms
  
  R. A. Wolf, R. W. Spiro
  
  Pages 19-38
2. Characteristics of the Polar Cap at Ionospheric Levels and Present Understanding of the Physical Processes that give Rise to these Characteristics
  
  Asgeir Brekke
  
  Pages 39-56
3. The Low Altitude Cleft: Plasma Entry and Magnetospheric Topology
  
  J. D. Winningham, R. A. Heelis
  
  Pages 57-72
4. Incoherent-Scatter Radar Measurements of Electric Field and Plasma in the Auroral Ionosphere
  
  Richard Vondrak
  
  Pages 73-93
5. Irregularities and Instabilities in the Auroral F Region
  
  James F. Vickrey, Michael C. Kelley
  
  Pages 95-113
6. Significance of Scatter Radar Studies of E and F Region Irregularities at High Latitudes
  
  R. A. Greenwald
  
  Pages 115-147
7. Ionospheric Modification and Stimulated Emissions
  
  Jules A. Fejer
  
  Pages 149-163
8. Plasma Physics on Auroral Field Lines: The formation of Ion Conic Distributions
  
  Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Hideo Okuda
  
  Pages 165-188
Solar Wind Influence on the High Latitude Ionosphere
1. Dependence of the High-Latitude Ionospheric Fields and Plasma Characteristics on the Properties of the Interplanetary Medium
  
  Gordon Rostoker
  
  Pages 189-204
2. Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Energy Coupling
  
  S.-I. Akasofu
  
  Pages 205-223
3. Interpretation of Observed Relations between Solar Wind Characteristics and Effects at Ionospheric Altitudes
  
  Stanley W. H. Cowley
  
  Pages 225-249
High Latitude Magnetospheric Physics above a few Thousand Kilometers
1. Cold Plasma Distribution Above a Few Thousand Kilometers at High Latitudes
  
  Charles R. Chappell
  
  Pages 251-269
2. The Hot Ion Composition, Energy, and Pitch Angle Characteristics Above the Auroral Zone Ionosphere
  
  R. G. Johnson
  
  Pages 271-294
3. The Hot Electrons in and Above the Auroral Ionosphere: Observations and Physical Implications
  
  Duncan A. Bryant
  
  Pages 295-312
4. On the Composition of the Ring Current and the Plasmasheet and what it tells about the Sources of these Hot Plasmas
  
  H. Balsiger
  
  Pages 313-333
5. Birkeland Currents: Present Understanding and Some Remaining Questions
  
  T. A. Potemra
  
  Pages 335-353
6. High Latitude Electromagnetic Plasma Wave Emissions
  
  Donald A. Gurnett
  
  Pages 355-375

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Editors and Affiliations

Kiruna Geophysical Institute, Kiruna, Sweden

Bengt Hultqvist
EISCAT Scientific Association, Kiruna, Sweden

Tor Hagfors

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: High-Latitude Space Plasma Physics
Editors: Bengt Hultqvist, Tor Hagfors
Series Title: Nobel Foundation Symposia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3652-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1983
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3654-9Published: 16 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3652-5Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 543
Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

Front Matter

The EISCAT Facility

The Viking Satellite

Physics of the High Latitude Ionosphere

Solar Wind Influence on the High Latitude Ionosphere

High Latitude Magnetospheric Physics above a few Thousand Kilometers

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Editors and Affiliations

Kiruna Geophysical Institute, Kiruna, Sweden

EISCAT Scientific Association, Kiruna, Sweden

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