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Plasma Observations in the Auroral and Polar Cap Region

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The last decade has seen a period of rapid growth in our understanding of the processes which occur in the auroral regions. Much of our understanding is based on the copious new observations which have been made available in the auroral community. The present work is a short overview of the plasma conditions which obtain throughout much of the auroral region. It covers the diffuse and discrete auroral electron precipitation in the morning and evening oval, cusp, and polar cap. The ionospheric ion outflow throughout the high latitude regime is also described and related to the electron observations.

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Fennell, J.F. (1985). Plasma Observations in the Auroral and Polar Cap Region. In: Ashour-Abdalla, M., Dutton, D.A. (eds) Space Plasma Simulations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5454-0_21

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