Physics
Scientific paper
May 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.2137p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, May 1, 1978, p. 2137-2144.
Physics
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Equatorial Atmosphere, Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Variations, Diurnal Variations, Earth Ionosphere, Earth Magnetosphere, Explorer 43 Satellite, Ionograms, Magnetic Flux
Scientific paper
The Esq phenomena were selected in order to examine the effect of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) on the ionospheric plasma and to obtain insight into the interplanetary ionospheric coupling processes. January-March 1973 interplanetary magnetic field data of Explorer 43, Huancayo ionograms, and surface equatorial magnetograms were used. The IMF observations from Explorer 43 in the form of 15-sec averages were examined around the time of disappearance of the Esq. The IMF z-component was observed to change from a negative to a positive value before the disappearance of the Esq in four events where simultaneous data were available. The general explanation is that the induced electric field becomes westward from a previous eastward direction, coinciding with the IMF z-component reversal. Thus, just before the Esq disappears, the magnetosphere is subjected to the westward electric field. If this field is impressed to the low-latitude ionosphere, the resultant electric field in the equatorial ionosphere changes from eastward (westward) to westward (eastward) in the daytime (nighttime).
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