Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....9211231m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, Oct. 1, 1987, p. 11231-11240. NASA-supported research.
Physics
61
Energy Transfer, Geomagnetism, Ionospheric Conductivity, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Signatures, Space Plasmas, Electromagnetic Pulses, Field Aligned Currents, Ground Truth
Scientific paper
The magnetic field on the ground due to a small (not greater than 200 km scale size) localized field-aligned current (FAC) system interacting with the ionosphere is calculated in terms of an integral over the ionospheric distribution of FAC. Two different candidate current systems for flux transfer events (FTEs) are considered: (1) a system which has current flowing down the center of a cylindrical flux tube with a return current uniformly distributed along the outside edge; and (2) a system which has upward current on one half of the perimeter of a cylindrical flux tube with downward current on the opposite half. The peak magnetic field on the ground is found to differ by a factor of 2 between the two systems, and the magnetic perturbations are in different directions depending on the observer's position.
Clauer Robert C.
McHenry Mark A.
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