Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93.5641l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, June 1, 1988, p. 5641-5654.
Physics
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Auroral Zones, Daytime, Ionospheric Currents, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetic Flux, Magnetopause, F Region, Lines Of Force, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow
Scientific paper
The effects of flux transfer events (FTEs) on the dayside auroral ionospheric ions was investigated using a simple twin-vortex model of induced ionospheric plasma flow. The model assumes a sharp boundary to the open flux tube and laminar flow around it. The predicted and the observed velocities of these flows were found sufficient to drive nonthermal plasma in the F region, not only within the newly opened flux tube of the FTE, but also on the closed field lines around it. Thus, the model does offer explanations of nonthermal plasma on apparently closed-field lines observed by EISCAT ground-based radar, and of low-energy upflows in the wake of an FTE observed by AMPTE-UKS satellite (Southwood et al., 1987).
Farrugia Charles J.
Lockwood Marian
Siscoe George L.
Smith Mark F.
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