Abstract Multipoint measurements are necessary to address many pressing problems in space physics. The combination of satellite, airborne, and ground-based platforms for in-situ and remote sensors is a powerful approach to meeting these needs. The AFGL Airborne Ionospheric Observatory (AIO) has solved problems in this manner by operating in concert with VIKING, DE-B, AE-E, POLAR BEAR, HiLat, DMSP, WIDEBAND, and other satellites, and with Sondrestromfjord, EISCAT, Millstone Hill, Arecibo, and Jicamarca incoherent scatter radars. The aircraft platform has “parked” in satellite orbital planes for up to five consecutive passes, “parked” in the dark moon auroral oval for hours tracing plasma flow through the cusp into the polar cap, and traced detailed plasma boundaries by flying “racetrack orbits” under persistent boundaries. We illustrate here some of the potential of such a combination of sensor platforms by presenting findings associated with auroral arcs, polar cap F-region stable sun-aligned arcs, theta auroras, and other auroral features.


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    Title :

    Satellite, airborne and radar observations of auroral arcs


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 8 , 9-10 ; 49-58


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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