Jean-Pierre St-Maurice - Publications

 

Publications having to do with thermal ("incoherent") spectra

Brower, L., J. P. Thayer, and J. St.-Maurice (2009), Frictionally heated electrons in the high-latitude D region, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12302, doi:10.1029/2009JA014421.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., "2003 EISCAT Radar School: Non thermal Scattering Mechanisms".
Lecture notes presented at the EISCAT radar school in Menlo Park, California, on August 2003.

St.-Maurice, J.-P.,  C. Cussenot and W. Kofman (1999)  On the usefulness of E region electron temperatures and lower F region ion temperatures for the extraction of thermospheric parameters: A case study,    Ann. Geophys., 17, 1182-1198.

Kofman, W. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1996)  Nonthermal ionospheric plasma studies by the incoherent radar techniques. J. Atm. Terr. Phys., 58, 965-978.

Kofman, W., J.-P. St-Maurice, and A.P. van Eyken (1993)  Heat flow effect on the plasma line frequency. J. Geophys. Res. , 98,  6079-6085.

Winkler, E., J.-P. St.-Maurice and A.R. Barakat (1992)  Results from improved Monte Carlo calculations of auroral ion velocity distributions. J. Geophys. Res. 97(A6): 8399-8423.

Kikuchi, K., J.-P. St.-Maurice and A.R. Barakat (1989)  Monte Carlo computations of F-region incoherent radar spectra at high latitudes and the use of a simple method for non-Maxwellian spectral calculations.    Annales Geophys. 7(2): 183-194.

Raman, R.S.V., J.-P. St.-Maurice and R.S.B. Ong (1981)  Incoherent scattering of Radar Waves in the Auroral Ionosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 86: 4751-4762.

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Publications dealing with coherent spectra

Patra, A. K., R. K. Choudhary, and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2009), Solar eclipse-induced E-region plasma irregularities observed by the Gadanki radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13105, doi:10.1029/2009GL038669.

Ponomarenko, P.V., J.-P. St-Maurice, C. L. Waters, R. G. Gillies, and A. V. Koustov (2009),
Refractive index effects on the scatter volume location and Doppler velocity estimates of ionospheric HF backscatter echoes, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4207-4219.

 
Gillies, R. G., G. C. Hussey, G. J. Sofko, K. A. McWilliams, R. A. D. Fiori, P. Ponomarenko, and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2009), Improvement of SuperDARN velocity measurements by estimating the index of refraction in the scattering region using interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07305, doi:10.1029/2008JA013967.

Koustov, A. V., J.-P. St.-Maurice, G. J. Sofko, D. Andre, J. W. MacDougall, M. R. Hairston, R. A. Fiori, and E. E. Kadochnikov (2009), Three-way validation of the Rankin Inlet PolarDARN radar velocity measurements, Radio Sci., 44, RS4003, doi:10.1029/2008RS004045.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.K. Choudhary (2007), The influence of non-isothermal electrons and neutral wind structures on the Doppler properties of vertical m-size field-aligned irregularities in the low latitude E region, . Revista Brasileira de Geof´ýsica, 25(Supl. 2): 95-103.
 
R.K. Choudhary, St.-Maurice, J.-P., Eklund, W., Tsunoda, R.T. (2006) East-west and vertical spectral asymmetry
associated with equatorial type-I waves during strong electrojet conditions: I. Pohnpei radar observations,J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. A11, A11302,.doi.org/10.1029/2006JA011842.

St-Maurice, J.-P. and R. K. Choudhary (2006), East-west and vertical spectral asymmetry associated with
equatorial type-I waves during strong electrojet conditions: II. Theory, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. A11, A11303
doi.org/10.1029/2006JA011843.

 
Choudhary, R. K., J.-P. St.-Maurice, L. M. Kagan and K.K. Mahajan (2005)   Quasi-periodic backscatters from the E region at Gadanki: evidence for Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in the lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A08303, doi:10.1029/2004JA010987.

Drexler, J., and J.-P. St.-Maurice
(2005) A possible origin for large aspect angle "HAIR" echoes seen by SuperDARN radars in the E region, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 767-772.

Choudhary, R.K, St.-Maurice, J.-P., and K.K. Mahajan (2004) Observation of coherent echoes with narrow spectra near 150 km altitude during daytime away from the dip equator, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L19801, doi:10.1029/2004GL020299.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., R.K. Choudhary, Eklund, W., Tsunoda, R.T. (2003)  Fast type-I waves in the equatorial electrojet: Evidence for nonisothermal ion-acoustic speeds in the lower E region, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A5), 1170, doi:10.1029/ 2002JA009648.

Jayachandran, P.T., Donovan E.F., MacDougall,  J.W., Moorcroft, D.R., St.-Maurice, J.-P., and P. Prikryl  (2002)  SuperDARN E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector- Tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval, Ann. Geophys., 20, 1899-1904.
Jayachandran, P.T., MacDougall,  J.W., St.-Maurice, J.-P., Moorcroft, D.R., P.T. Newell, and P. Prikryl  (2002) Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval, Geophysical Research Lett., 10.1029/2001GL014184.

Hocking, W.K., Kelley, M., Rogers, R., Brown, W. Moorcroft, D., and St.-Maurice, J.-P. (2001)  Resolute Bay VHF radar -  multipurpose tool for studies of tropospheric motions, middle atomosphere dynamics, meteor physics and ionospheric physics,  Radio Science, 36, 1839-1857.

Sedgemore-Schelthess, F. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2001)  Naturally enhanced ion-acoustic spectra and their interpretation, Surveys in Geophysics, 22, 55-92.

Jayachandran, P.T., St.-Maurice, J.-P., MacDougall,  J.W. and Moorcroft, D.R. (2000)  HF detection of slow long-lived E region plasma structures, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2425-2442.

Hall, G.E., J.W. MacDougall, D.R. Moorcroft, J-P St.-Maurice, A.H. Manson, and C.E. Meek (1997)  Super dual auroral radar netwrok observations of meteor echoes, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 14603-14614.

Kofman, W. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1996)  Nonthermal ionospheric plasma studies by the incoherent radar techniques. J. Atm. Terr. Phys., 58, 965-978

St.-Maurice, J.-P., Prikryl, P., Danskin, D.W., Hamza, A.M., Sofko, G.J., Koehler, J.A., Kustov, A. and J. Chen (1994)  On the origin of narrow non-ion-acoustic coherent radar spectra in the high-latitude E region. J. Geophys. Res. 99(A4): 6447-6474.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1993)  A turbulent theoretical framework for the study of current-driven E region irregularities at high latitudes: Basic derivation and application to gradient-free situations.   J. Geophys. Res. 98(A7): 11587-11599.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1993)  A self-consistent fully turbulent theory of auroral E region irregularities. J. Geophys. Res. 98(A7): 11601-11613.
 
DelPozo, C.F., J.C. Foster and J-P. St.-Maurice (1993)  Dual-mode E region plasma wave observations from Millstone Hill. J. Geophys. Res. 98(A4): 6013-6032.

Prikryl, P., D. Andre, J.A. Koehler, G.J. Sofko, J.-P. St.-Maurice, D.D. Wallis and F. Creutzberg (1992)   Type 4 VHF radio aurora observations during low to moderate geomagnetic activity. Planet. Space Sci. 40(10): 1371-1389.

Foster, J.C., D. Tetenbaum, C.F. Del Pozo, J.-P. St.-Maurice and D.R. Moorcroft (1992)  Aspect angle variations in intensity, phase velocity, and altitude for high-latitude 34-cm E region irregularities. J. Geophys. Res. 97(A6): 8601-8617.

Rietveld, M.T., P.N. Collis, and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1991)  Naturally enhanced ion-acoustic waves in the auroral ionosphere observed with the EISCAT (933 MHz) radar, J. Geophys. Res. 96, 19291-19305.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., J.C. Foster, J.M. Holt and C. Del Pozo (1989)  First results on the observation of 440 MHz high-latitude coherent echoes with the Millstone Hill radar. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 6771-6798.

Lockwood, M., K. Suvanto, J.-P. St.-Maurice, K. Kikuchi, B.J.I. Bromage, D.M. Willis, S.R. Crothers, H. Todd and S.W.H. Cowley (1988)   Scattered power from non-thermal, F-region plasma observed by EISCAT-Evidence for coherent echoes? J. Atm. Terr. Physics, 50, 467-485.

Foster, J.C., C. del Pozo, K. Groves and J.-P. St-Maurice (1988)   Radar Observations of the onset of current driven instabilities in the topside ionosphere. Geophysical Res. Letters 15: 160-163.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., C. Hanuise and E. Kudeki (1986)   On the dependence of the phase velocity of equatorial irregularities on the polarization electric field and theoretical implications.  J. Geophys. Res. 91: 13493-13505.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and Kristian Schlegel (1983)    A theory of coherent radar spectra in the auroral E region. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 4087-4095.  

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Publications dealing with  the origin of plasma irregularities

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and A. M. Hamza (2009) Small scale irregularities at high latitudes. In "Characterising the Ionosphere", ed. G. Wyman; Technical Report RTO-TR-IST-051, Chapter 1, p. 70. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: RTO. Available from: http://www.rto.nato.int/abstracts.aspx .

Kissack, R. S., L. M. Kagan, and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2008), Thermal effects on Farley-Buneman waves at nonzero aspect and flow angles. II. Behavior near threshold, Physics of Plasmas, 15- 2, pp. 022902-022902-17.

Kissack, R. S., L. M. Kagan, and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2008), Thermal effects on Farley-Buneman waves at nonzero aspect and flow angles. I. Dispersion relation, Physics of Plasmas, 15- 2, pp. 022901-022901-14.

Drexler, J. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2006), Nonlocal waves in vertical density gradients in the high-latitude E region, Annales Geophysicae, submitted, March 2006.

Perron, P. J, J.-M. Noel, and J.-P. St.-Maurice, Velocity shear and current driven instability in a collisional F-region, Annales Geophysicae, 27, 381-394, 2009.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., J.-M. Noel, and P. J. Perron (2006) An assessment of how a combination of shears, field-aligned currents and collisions affect F-region ionospheric instabilities, J. Plasma Phys., 72, part 4, 1-20.

Drexler, J., and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2005)   A possible origin for large aspect angle "HAIR" echoes seen by SuperDARN radars in the E region, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 767-772.

Kagan, L. M., and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2004)   Impact of electron thermal effects on Farley-Buneman waves at arbitrary aspect angles, J. Geophys. Res., A12302, doi:10.1029/2004JA010444.

Drexler, J., J.-P. St.-Maurice, Dongli Chen, and D. R. Moorcroft (2002)   New insights from a nonlocal generalization of the Farley-Buneman instability problem at high latitudes, Ann. Geophys., 20, 2003-2025.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., and A.M. Hamza (2001)   A new nonlinear approach to the theory of E region irregularities,    J. Geophys. Res.,  106, 1751-1759.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.S. Kissack  (2000)   The role played by thermal feedbacks in heated Farley-Buneman waves at high latitudes, Ann. Geophysicae, 18, 532-546.

Kissack, R.S., J.-P. St.-Maurice and  D.R. Moorcroft (1997)   The effect of electron-neutral energy exchange on the fluid Farley-Buneman instability threshold, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24091-24115.

Kissack, R.S., J.-P. St.-Maurice and D.R. Moorcroft  (1995)   Electron thermal effects on the Farley-Buneman fluid dispersion relation.,  Plasma Phys., 2, 1032-1055.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1985)   A non-local theory of the high-latitude Farley Buneman instability. J. Geophys. Res. 90: 5211-5226.

Schlegel, Kristian and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1983)  Short wavelengths gradient-drift waves at high latitudes. Annales Geophysicae 1,  259-264.

Schlegel, K. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1982)   Note on the parallel propagation effects of unstable Farley-Buneman waves at high latitudes. Planet. Space Sci., 30, 315-318.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1978)   On a mechanism for the formation of VLF electrostatic emissions in the high latitude F region. Planet. Space Sci., 26, 801-816.

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Publications dealing with the feedback effects of turbulence on plasmas


Kagan, L. M., and J.-P. St.-Maurice
(2005)  Origin of type-2 thermal-ion upflows in the auroral ionosphere, Ann. Geophys., 23: 13–24.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., and A.M. Hamza (2001)  A new nonlinear approach to the theory of E region irregularities,  J. Geophys. Res.,  106, 1751-1759.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., and A.M. Hamza (1996)  Nonlinear processes in E-region irregularities at high latitudes,  in Physics of Space plasmas 14: 503-516, Proceedings of the 1995  Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasmas Physics on Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas, Chang, T. and J.R. Jasperse (eds), MIT Center for theoretical Geo/Cosmo Plasma Physics.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1995)  Large aspect angles in auroral E region echoes: A self-consistent turbulent fluid theory,  J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5723-5732.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1995)   A fully self-consistent fluid theory of anomalous transport in Farley-Buneman turbulence, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9653-9668.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1993)  A turbulent theoretical framework for the study of current-driven E region irregularities at high latitudes: Basic derivation and application to gradient-free situations.  J. Geophys. Res. 98(A7): 11587-11599.

Hamza, A.M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1993)  A self-consistent fully turbulent theory of auroral E region irregularities. J. Geophys. Res. 98(A7): 11601-11613.

St. Maurice, J.-P., W. Kofman and E. Kluzek (1990)  Electron Heating by plasma waves in the high latitude E-region and related effects: Observations. in Advances in Space Research, Pergamon, 10, 225-237.

St. Maurice, J.-P. (1990)  Electron heating by plasma waves in the high latitude E-region: theory. in Advances in Space Research, Pergamon Press, 10: 239-249.

St. Maurice, J.-P. (1990)  Wave-induced diffusion in the turbulent E-region. in Polar cap Dynamics and High Latitude turbulence: SPI Conference proceedings and Reprint series, No. 8, (1988) T. Chang, G.B. Crew and J.R. Jasperse (eds.) (Scientific Publishers, Cambridge, Mass.), 323-348.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1987)  A unified theory of anomalous resistivity and Joule heating effects in the presence of E-region irregularities. J. Geophys. Res. 92: 4533-4542.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1987)  Reply to comment by D'Angelo and Merlino on a plasma wave heating mechanism in the auroral E-region. J. Geophys. Res. 92: 323-327.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R. Laher (1986)  Reply to a comment by Primdahl and Bahnsen on a plasma wave heating mechanism in the auroral E region. J. Geophys. Res. 91: 1735-1736.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., C. Hanuise and E. Kudeki (1986)  On the dependence of the phase velocity of equatorial irregularities on the polarization electric field and theoretical implications,  J. Geophys. Res. 91: 3493-13505.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and Russ Laher (1985)   Are observed broadband plasma wave amplitudes large enough to explain the enhanced electron temperatures of the high-latitude E region?   J. Geophys. Res., 90,  2843-2850.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and Kristian Schlegel (1982)   Estimates of plasma wave amplitudes in the turbulent high-latitude E region using electron temperature measurements,  J. Geophys. Res. 87: 5197-5201.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., K. Schlegel and P.M. Banks (1981)   Anomalous heating of the Polar E region by unstable plasma waves. II. Theory, J. Geophys. Res. 86: 1453-1462.

Schlegel, K. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1981)  Anomalous heating of the Polar E region by unstable plasma waves. I. Observations. J. Geophys. Res. 86: 1447-1452.
 

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Publications dealing with ion kinetic theory and associated effects


John Z G Ma, J-P St-Maurice and A Hirose (2009), Non-wave mechanism of transverse ion heating in magnetic flux tubes, Phys. Scr. 80 (2009) 025501 (9pp).

Ma, J. Z. G., and J.-P. St.-Maurice (2008), Ion distribution functions in cylindrically symmetric electric fields in
the auroral ionosphere: The collision-free case in a uniformly charged configuration, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05312,
doi:10.1029/2007JA012815.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1998)   Non-Maxwellian ionospheric velocity distributions in  large departures from thermodynamic equilibrium, Physics in Canada, 54, 302-315.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., and P.J. Laneville (1998)   The reaction rate of O+ with O2, N2, and NO under highly disturbed auroral conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 17519-17521.

Gaimard, P. , St.-Maurice, J.-P., Lathuillere, C., and Hubert, D. (1998)   On the improvement of analytical calculations of collisional auroral ion velocity distributions using recent Monte Carlo results, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 4079-4095.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., E. Winkler and A.M. Hamza (1994)    Ionospheric ion velocity distributions and associated transport properties in the presence of auroral electric field gradients,  J. Geophys. Res. 99(A10): 19527-19548.

Loranc, M. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1994)   A time-dependent gyro-kinetic model of thermal ion upflows in the high-latitude F region. J. Geophys. Res. 99(A9): 17429-17451.

Sica, R.J., J.-P. St-Maurice, G. Hernandez, G.J. Romick, and R. Tsunoda (1993)   Computations of local ion energy balance in the auroral zone. J. Geophys. Res. 98(A9): 15667-15676.

McCrea, I.W., M. Lester, T.R. Robinson, J-P. St.-Maurice, N.M. Wade and T.B. Jones (1993)   Derivation of the ion temperature partition coefficients from the study of ion frictional heating events, J. Geophys. Res. 98(A9): 15701-15715.

Winkler, E., J.-P. St.-Maurice and A.R. Barakat (1992)   Results from improved Monte Carlo calculations of auroral ion velocity distributions. J. Geophys. Res. 97(A6): 8399-8423.

Loranc, M., R.A. Heelis, W.B. Hanson and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1991)     A morphological study of vertical ionospheric flows in the high-latitude F region. J. Geophys. Res. 93(A3): 3627-3646.

Kikuchi, K., J.-P. St.-Maurice and A.R. Barakat (1989)    Monte Carlo computations of F-region incoherent radar spectra at high latitudes and the use of a simple method for non-Maxwellian spectral calculations. Annales Geophys. 7(2): 183-194.
 
Lockwood, M., K. Suvanto, J.-P. St.-Maurice, K. Kikuchi, B.J.I. Bromage, D.M. Willis, S.R. Crothers, H. Todd and S.W.H. Cowley (1988)   Scattered power from non-thermal, F-region plasma observed by EISCAT-Evidence for coherent echoes? J. Atm. Terr. Physics, 50, 467-485.

Lockwood, M., B.J.I. Bromage, R.B. Horne, J.-P. St.-Maurice, S.W.H. Cowley and D.M. Willis (1987)    Non-Maxwellian ion velocity distributions observed using EISCAT. Geophys. Res. Letters, 14, 111-114.
 
St.-Maurice, J.-P. and W.B. Hanson (1984)   A statistical study of F region ion temperatures at high latitudes based on Atmosphere Explorer C Data. J. Geophys. Res. 89: 987-996.

Foster, J.C., J.-P. St.-Maurice and V.J. Abreu (1983)   Joule heating at high latitudes. J. Geophys. Res. 88: 4885-4896.

Barakat, A.R., R.W. Schunk and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1983)   Monte Carlo calculations of 0+ velocity distributions in the auroral ionosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 88: 3237-3241.

St.-Maurice, J.P. and W.B. Hanson (1982)   Ion frictional heating at high latitudes and its possible use for an in situ determination of neutral thermospheric winds and temperatures.  J. Geophys. Res. 87, 7580-7602.

Schunk, R.W. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1981)   Ion temperature anisotropy and heat flow in the Venus lower ionosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 86, 4823-4827.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1979)   Ion velocity distributions in the High Latitude Ionosphere. Rev. of Geophys. and Space Phys. 17: 99-134.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and D.G. Torr (1978)   The effect of relative speed distributions on the reaction rates of 0+ with N2, O2 and NO in the thermosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 83: 969-977.

Torr, M.R., J.-P. St.-Maurice and D.G. Torr (1977)   The rate coefficient for the 0+ + N2 reaction in the ionosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 82: 3287-3290.

Schunk, R.W. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1977)   Plasma transport in the topside Venus ionosphere. Planet Space Sci. 25: 921-930.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1977)   Diffusion and heat flow equations for the mid-latitude topside ionosphere. Planet. Space Sci. 25: 907-920.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1977)   Auroral ion velocity distributions for a polarization collision model. Planet. Space Sci. 25: 243-260.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., W.B. Hanson and J.C.G. Walker (1976)   Retarding potential analyser measurement of the effect of ion-neutral collisions on the ion velocity distribution in the auroral ionosphere.  J. Geophys. Res. 81: 5438-5446.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1976)   Use of generalized orthogonal polynomial solutions of Boltzmann's equation in certain aeronomy problems: Auroral ion velocity distributions. J. Geophys. Res. 81: 2145-2154.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. (1975)   Ion velocity distributions in the auroral ionosphere, Ph.D. thesis, Geology and Geophysics Department, Yale University, 235 pp. Diss. Abstracts, 36: 1916-B, Order no. 75-27, 109.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1974)   Behavior of ion velocity distributions for a simple collision model. Planet. Space Sci., 22, 1-18.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1973)   Auroral ion velocity distributions using a relaxation model. Planet. Space Sci., 21,1115-1130.
 
 
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Publications related to electrodynamics and to thermospheric dynamics

Masakazu Watanabe, George J. Sofko, Xi Yan, Kathryn A. McWilliams, Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice, Alexandre V. Koustov, Glenn C. Hussey, and Marc R. Hairston (2010), Ionospheric convection signatures of the interchange cycle at small IMF clock angles, in press, May 2010.

Russell, A., J.-P. St.-Maurice, R. J. Sica, and J. M. Noel, Composition changes during disturbed conditions: Are mass spectrometers overestimating the concentrations of atomic oxygen?, Geophys.Res. Lett., 34, L21106, doi:10.1029/2007GL030607, 2007.

A. V. Koustov, R. A. Drayton, R. A. Makarevich, K. A. McWilliams, J.-P. St.-Maurice, T. Kikuchi, and H. U. Frey, Observations of high velocity SAPS-like flows with the King Salmon SuperDARN radar, Annales Geophysicae, 24, 1591-1608, 2006.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.K. Choudhary (2006), Local ionospheric electrodynamics associated with neutral wind fields at low latitudes: Kelvin-Helmholtz billows, Annales Geophysicae, 24, 1367-1374.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., (2005), Comment on ‘‘Nonlinear electron heating by resonant shear Alfven waves in the ionosphere’’ by J. Y. Lu et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L13102, doi:10.1029/2005GL022513.

K. Schlegel, H. Lühr, J.-P. St.-Maurice, G. Crowley (2005)   Thermospheric Density Structures over the Polar Regions observed with CHAMP, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 5, 1659-1672.

Choudhary, R. K., J.-P. St.-Maurice, L. M. Kagan and K.K. Mahajan (2005)   Quasi-periodic backscatters from the E region at Gadanki: evidence for Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in the lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A08303, doi:10.1029/2004JA010987.

Noel, J.-M., St.-Maurice, J.-P., and P.-L. Blelly (2005)   The effect of E-region wave heating on electrodynamical structures, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 6, 2081-2094.

Noel, J.M., J.-P St.-Maurice, and P.L. Blelly (2000)   Nonlinear model of short-scale electrodynamics in the auroral ionosphere, Ann. Geophysicae, 18, 1128-1144.

St.-Maurice, J-P, Kofman, W., and James, D. (1996)   In-situ generation of intense parallel fields in the lower ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 335-356.

Chang, C.A. and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1991)   Two-dimensional high latitude thermospheric modeling; a comparison between moderate and extremely disturbed conditions, Can. J. Phys. 69, 1007-1031.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and R.W. Schunk (1981)   Ion-neutral momentum coupling near discrete high latitude ionospheric features. J. Geophys. Res. 86: 11299-11322.

Banks, P.M., T. Araki, C.R. Clauer, J.-P. St.-Maurice and J.C. Foster (1984)   The interplanetary electric field, cleft currents and plasma convection in the polar caps. Planet. Space Sci. 32: 1551-1557. 

Banks, P.M., J.-P. St.-Maurice, R.A. Heelis, and W.B. Hanson (1981)   Electric fields and electrostatic potentials in the high latitude ionosphere.   in Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere, 281-291, J. Holtet and C.S. Deehr (eds.) D. Reidel Publishing Company. 

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Papers on storms and substorm studies.

Brower, L., J. P. Thayer, and J. St.-Maurice (2009), Frictionally heated electrons in the high-latitude D region, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12302, doi:10.1029/2009JA014421.
 
I. Coco, E. Amata, M. F. Marcucci1, J.–P. Villain, C. Hanuise, J.–C. Cerisier, J.–P. St. Maurice, and N. Sato (2006), Night side effects on the polar ionospheric convection due to a solar wind pressure impulse, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplement, v.9, 91-93.
 

P. T. Jayachandran, E. F. Donovan, J. W. MacDougall, D. R. Moorcroft, K. Liou, P. T. Newell and J.P. St-Maurice,(2005) Global and local equatorward expansion of the ion auroral oval before substorm onsets, J. Geophys. Res, 110, A05204, doi:10.1029/2004JA010837.

Jayachandran, P.T., MacDougall, J.W., St.-Maurice, J.-P., Moorcroft, D.R., Prikryl, P., Newell, P.T., and Creutzberg, F. (2003) Dynamics of the substrom growth phase - Multi instrument observations, Ann. Geophys., in press.

Jayachandran, P.T., Donovan, E., Ruohoniemi, M., Liou K. , MacDougall, J. , Moorcroft, D.R., St-Maurice, J.-P. (2003) Substorm Associated Changes in the High-Latitude Convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 2064,doi:10.1029/2003GL017497.

Jayachandran, P. T., E. F. Donovan, J. W. MacDougall, D. R. Moorcroft, J.-P. St-Maurice, and P. Prikryl, (2002) SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector-tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval. Ann. Geophys., 10: 1899-1904.

Jayachandran, P. T., MacDougall, J.W., Moorcroft, D. R., St.-Maurice, J.-P., Liou, K., and Newell, P. T. (2002) Substorm onset location and the equatorward boundary of the proton auroral oval, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 2159, doi:10.1029/ 2002GL015484.

Jayachandran, P.T., MacDougall, J.W., St.-Maurice, J.-P., Moorcroft, D.R., Newell, P.T., and Prikryl, P . (2002) Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval, Geophysical Research Lett., 10.1029/2001GL014184.

Other publications.

Hosokawa, K., J. P. St-Maurice, G. J. Sofko, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, and T. Ogawa, Reorganization of polar cap patches through shears in the background plasma convection (2010), J. Geophys. Res., 115, A01303, doi:10.1029/2009JA014599.

Hosakawa, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, T. Ogawa, J.-P. St-Maurice, G. J. Sofko, and D. A. Andre, (2009) Relationship between polar cap patches and field-aligned irregularities as observed with an all-sky airglow imager at Resolute Bay and the PolarDARN radar at Rankin Inlet, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A03306, doi:10.1029/2008JA013707 (11 pages).


Sheehan, C. H. and St.-Maurice, J.-P. (2004)   The dissociative recombination of N2+, O2+, and NO+: Rate coefficients for ground state and vibrationally excited ions. J. Geophys. Res., 109, A03302, doi:10.1029/2003JA010132 (21 pages).


Sheehan, C. H. and St.-Maurice, J.-P. (2004)   Dissociative recombination of the methane family ions: rate coefficients and implications,Advances in Space Research Special issue: Planetary Atmospheres, Ionospheres and Plasma Interactions - Edited by E. Kallio and H. Shinagawa, Vol 33/2 pp 216-220.


Hall, G.E., J.W. MacDougall, J.F. Cecile, D.R. Moorcroft and J.-P. St.-Maurice (1999)   Finding gravity wave source positions using SuperDARN, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 67-78.
 
Sofko, G.J., Koustov, A.V., McWilliams, K, Hussey, G.C., Andre, D., MacDougall, J.,  St.-Maurice, J.-P., Moorcroft, D.R., Samson, J.C.,  Hamza, A., and Prikryl., P. (1998)   SuperDARN: the super dual auroral radar network, Physics in Canada, 54, 371-379.

St.-Maurice, J.-P. and G. Veronis (1975)   A multi-scaling analysis of the spin-up problem. J. Fluid Mech. 68(3): 417-445.



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