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EP: Extraterrestrische Physik
EP 4: Magnetosph
ären und Plasmen
EP 4.5: Talk
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 12:05–12:20, HS 15
Magnetospheric Convection as Observed by the Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) on Cluster Compared With Ground-based Radar Data — •Matthias Förster1, J. Baker2, R. Greenwald2, J. Kelley3, G. Paschmann1, P. Puhl–Quinn1, J. M. Quinn4, R. B. Torbert4, and H. Vaith1 — 1Max–Planck–Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 85741 Garching, P.O. Box 1213, Germany — 2Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland, USA — 3SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA — 4University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Storms and substorms in the magnetosphere are accompanied by enhanced magnetospheric electric fields associated with an increase in convection and intensified wave activity. New data from the Electron Drift Instruments (EDI) of the Cluster mission will be presented. They comprise several outbound Cluster orbits above the Northern polar cap up to the magnetopause. These measurements will be related to corresponding ground-based data from the Superdarn radars and the Sondrestrom incoherent scatter radar.