Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.6039c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A4, p. 6039-6046.
Physics
51
Dynamo Theory, E Region, F Region, Plasma Drift, Space Plasmas, Tropical Regions, Wind Measurement, Zonal Flow (Meteorology)
Scientific paper
The results of a simulation of the global atmospheric dynamo are presented and compared to observations of the ion drift at Jicamarca and the drifts calculated from previous dynamo models. This simulation produces a global plasma distribution which is self-consistent with the global potential distribution. We examine the dynamo-generated potential distribution and the associated E x B drifts induced upon the plasma for two F region winds and a (1, -2) tide in the E region. By using simple diurnal winds and tides and making the plasma and potential distributions self-consistent, the agreement of the calculated E x B with the observed drifts at Jicamarca is improved. These results lead to the conclusion that the F region dynamo is a very important source of electric fields at low latitudes at all local times. It is proposed that the postsunset enhancement of the vertical ion drift at Jicamarca is primarily due to a local time gradient in the F region zonal wind in conjunction with the conductivity gradient at the dusk terminator.
Bailey Graham J.
Crain David J.
Heelis Roderick A.
Richmond Arthur D.
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