Articles | Volume 39, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-961-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-961-2021
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16 Nov 2021
Regular paper |  | 16 Nov 2021

Observing electric field and neutral wind with EISCAT 3D

Johann Stamm, Juha Vierinen, and Björn Gustavsson

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Replication Data for: «Observing electrical fields and neutral winds with EISCAT 3D» Johann Stamm and Juha Vierinen https://doi.org/10.18710/WPJH8O

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Measurements of the electric field and neutral wind in the ionosphere are important for understanding energy flows or electric currents. With incoherent scatter radars (ISRs), we can measure the velocity of the ions, which depends on both the electrical field and the neutral wind. In this paper, we investigate methods to use ISR data to find reasonable values for both parameters. We find that electric field can be well measured down to 125 km height and neutral wind below this height.