Annales Geophysicae The relationship between

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The relationship between VHF radar auroral backscatter amplitude and ... maximisation of the scattering volume, and a modification of the local ambient electron.
Annales Geophysicae ISSN: 0992-7689 (printed version) ISSN: 1432-0576 (electronic version) Abstract Volume 14 Issue 8 (1996) pp 803-810

The relationship between VHF radar auroral backscatter amplitude and Doppler velocity: a statistical study B. A. Shand, M. Lester, T. K. Yeoman Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK Received: 8 June 1995/Revised: 18 March 1996/Accepted: 1 April 1996 Abstract. A statistical investigation of the relationship between VHF radar auroral backscatter intensity and Doppler velocity has been undertaken with data collected from 8 years operation of the Wick site of the Sweden And Britain Radar-auroral Experiment (SABRE). The results indicate three different regimes within the statistical data set; firstly, for Doppler velocities