Publication info:
Science 29 March 2013:
Vol. 339 no. 6127 pp. 1597-1600
DOI: 10.1126/science.1231487
Direct Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Ionization Patches
Qing-He Zhang1, Bei-Chen Zhang1, Michael Lockwood2, Hong-Qiao Hu1, Jøran Moen3, J. Michael Ruohoniemi4, Evan G. Thomas4, Shun-Rong Zhang5, Hui-Gen Yang1, Rui-Yuan Liu1, Kathryn A. McWilliams6,2, Joseph B. H. Baker4
1State Oceanic Administration People’s Republic of China Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China.
2Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Post Office Box 243, RG6 6BB, UK.
3Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.
4Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA 01886, USA.
6Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The magazine Science is sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Article featuring work of VT SuperDARN Grad Student Appears in Science Magazine
By: miker on: Sat., Apr. 06, 2013 05:14 PM EDT (7856 Reads)
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An article first-authored by Dr. Qing-He Zhang of the Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai was published in the prestigious journal Science on 29 March, 2013. The title of the article is 'Direct Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Ionization Patches'. It draws on the work of Virginia Tech SuperDARN grad student Evan Thomas, who, in collaboration with colleagues at the MIT Haystack Observatory, developed tools for co-plotting GPS Total Electron Content (TEC) data and SuperDARN ionospheric plasma velocity data. The Virginia Tech coauthors include Evan and his supervisors, Drs. J. Michael Ruohoniemi and Joseph Baker.
To link to the home web site of Science click on http://www.sciencemag.org/  For a direct link to the paper and access to pdf reprints click through to links provided by coauthor Prof. Michael Lockwood of the University of Reading: http://www.eiscat.rl.ac.uk/Members/mike/publications |
