Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jgr...10217297k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 102, Issue A8, p. 17297-17304
Physics
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Magnetospheric Physics: Mhd Waves And Instabilities, Ionosphere: Ionospheric Irregularities
Scientific paper
A fundamental problem of the Alfven wave generation from a region of disturbed ionospheric conductivity in the ambient field-aligned current area is investigated. It is shown that the field-aligned current of the outgoing Alfven wave appears not only at the boundary but also inside the region of enhanced (or diminished) conductivity. If the ionosphere conductivity increases, the additional field-aligned current of the outgoing Alfven wave inside the region of disturbed conductivity is directed in the same way the background field-aligned current. For a circular region of disturbed conductivity the electric field of the outgoing Alfven wave can be presented as the sum of electric fields of the two-dimensional dipole, quadrupole, and screened monopole sources. For a strip-like region of disturbed conductivity the electric field mf the outgoing Alfven wave appears only inside the strip and can be presented as the sum of homogeneous and linearly varying electric fields.
Kozlovsky E. A.
Lyatsky W. B.
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