Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 1973
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1973p%26ss...21..839l&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 21, Issue 5, p. 839-855.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
High latitude magnetic field data from 16 northern observatories are averaged during periods of magnetic disturbance level Kp = 2- to 3+. Within this disturbance level, variations between interplanetary magnetic field sector (toward and away from the Sun) and geomagnetic season (dipole latitude of the Sun: > 10° = summer, < - 10° = winter) are delineated. Variations between seasons are: (1) The positive bay and polar cap disturbance is a maximum in summer and a minimum in winter for both sectors. (2) The negative bay disturbance is a maximum in summer and a minimum in winter when the interplanetary field is toward the Sun and vice versa during away sectors. Variations between sectors are: (1) During summer and equinox the negative bay disturbance is greater for toward sectors than for away sectors. The reverse occurs during winter. (2) The positive bay disturbance is greater during toward sectors than during away sectors for all seasons. (3) All diiferences in disturbance level are greater at sunlit local times than in darkness. (4) Angular differences in the direction of the horizontal disturbance of up to 75° occur between sectors in the polar cap and dayside during all seasons. (5) The polar cap-auroral belt boundary location is different for the two sectors. Compared to data from away sectors, this boundary for toward sectors is shifted northward near dawn (5-8h) and southward between 10 and 22h. (6) Accompanying this boundary difference there is a change in the direction of the vertical disturbance in the region between 9 and 14h at geomagnetic latitudes 77-88°. ΔZ in this region is negative during away sectors and positive during toward sectors. Differences between sectors are attributed to changes in the ionospheric electric field configuration and in the distribution of magnetic field aligned currents. Features unrelated to sector or season also occur: (1) A significant Y component is present in both the positive and negative bays. (2) The vertical disturbance (¦ΔZ¦) to the north of the auroral belt is much larger than that to the south. (3) Two distinct regions of maximum activity are present in the ΔZ accompanying the positive bay disturbance.
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