Magnetosphere of Earth: Ring Current

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2344w&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2344. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth, Earth'S Magnetosphere

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The ring current consists of energetic positive ions that drift westward
through the Earth's inner magnetosphere. That ring of westward current
causes a southward perturbation in the magnetic field on the Earth's
surface. The ring current is always present, but it intensifies during a
magnetic storm....

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