A wave-like evolution of polar cap ionization patches associated with wider distributed nightside reconnection


Qing-He Zhang1, Kjellmar Oksavik2, Michael M Lockwood3, Joran Moen4, Zan-Yang Xing1, Yong WANG1 and Yu-Zhang Ma1, (1)Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai, China, (2)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (3)University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (4)University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway