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Heelis et al. 1983
Heelis, R.A., Foster, J.C., de la Beaujardiere, O. and Holt, J. (1983). Multistation measurements of high-latitude ionospheric convection. Journal of Geophysical Research 88: doi: 10.1029/JA080i012p10111. issn: 0148-0227.

Satellite and ground-based observations of the ionospheric drift velocity taken during a MITHRAS campaign have been combined to determine instantaneous pictures of the high-latitude convection pattern. These data, taken when the interplanetary magnetic field has a relatively stable southward/away orientation, show the existence of an asymmetric convection pattern under these conditions. A stability in the high latitude convection geometry can also be seen and changes in response to magnetic disturbances are inferred. Changes in the convection pattern as the interplanetary field turns northward possibly provide some information about the nature of the magnetosphere-solar wind interaction.

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