Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jatp...46..807m&link_type=abstract
(IAMAP, IAGA, and IUGG, Symosium on Middle Atmosphere Science, Hamburg, West Germany, Aug. 15, 16, 1983) Journal of Atmospheric
Physics
13
Atmospheric Electricity, Electrodynamics, Middle Atmosphere, Arctic Regions, D Region, E Region, Electrical Resistivity, Thermosphere, Vertical Distribution
Scientific paper
Large V/m electric fields, both horizontal and vertical, have been observed within bounded regions of the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. They seem to occur only in regions where the electrical conductivity is a few times 10 to the -10th S/m or less and appear to be current limited. While low conductivity is necessary, it is not a sufficient condition for occurrence. The observed large horizontal electric fields were found to be anticorrelated with the local neutral wind. Large variations in the conductivity were also observed to occur with fluctuations in magnetic activity, and these were found to be consistent with measured variations in energy deposition during auroral phenomena. Theoretical concepts of mapping of electric fields downward from the thermosphere along equipotential magnetic field lines were shown to hold qualitatively in the D-region at the mV/m level. Perturbations affecting such models were determined to be small.
Barcus J. R.
Croskey Charles L.
Goldberg Richard A.
Hale Layton C.
Maynard Nelson C.
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