Multiple Incoherent Scatter Radar, Riometer and MagnetometerInvestigations of Wave Phenomena Originating in the         High-latitude Ionosphere and Magnetosphere
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The earth resides in  a flow of ionized and magnetized gases               emanating from the sun called the Solar Wind. The earth and its                 magnetic field divert the flow of this supersonic wind, and the                 confined space in which the earth's magnetic field and ionized                  gases reside is called the magnetosphere, that extends 10-12                    earth radii in the direction of the sun, and a hundred or more                  earth radii in the antisolar direction. At the magnetosphere                    boundary the interaction with the solar wind generates electric                 potential differences of hundreds of kilovolts, and currents of                 millions of amperes flow down magnetic field lines, through the                 polar ionosphere, and back out to the solar wind boundary. The                  currents deposit large amounts of energy in the ionosphere, and                 set up large waves in the ionosphere itself (hydromagnetic waves)               and in the neutral atmosphere (atmospheric gravity waves). Using                the incoherent scatter radar at Sondestromfjord, Greenland, and                 auxillary magnetometer and riometer measurements and auroral                    images, basic studies of both hydromagnetic and gravity waves and               their relationship to ionospheric currents, particle                            precipitation and ionospheric heating will be carried out. These                studies will provide data on the physics of the coupling of the                 solar wind to the magnetosphere-atmosphere in the polar regions.
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