A simple model for polar cap convection patterns and generation of theta auroras

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Atmospheric Electricity, Auroras, Convection, Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Polar Caps, Equipotentials, Magnetic Field Configurations, Solar Wind

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An addition of the uniform interplanetary magnetic field and the earth's dipole magnetic field is used to evaluate electric field convection patterns over the polar caps that result from solar wind flow across open geomagnetic field lines. The model also accounts for field-aligned patterns within, and auroral arcs across, the polar cap. The qualitative predictions derived from the model express the electric field magnitudes, aurora intensity, sunward and antisunward flow, and the dusk-side reversal of the convection field in terms of the x and y components of the interplanetary magnetic field.

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