Configuration of the high-latitude thermosphere neutral circulation for IMF B(y) negative and positive

Details Configuration of the high-latitude thermosphere neutral circulation for IMF B(y) negative and positive Configuration of the high-latitude thermosphere neutral circulation for IMF B(y) negative and positive

Apr 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985georl..12..155m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 12, April 1985, p. 155-158.

Physics

46

Circulation Distribution, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Neutral Atmospheres, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Thermosphere, Wind Measurement, Dynamics Explorer 2 Satellite, F Region, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Northern Hemisphere, Polar Regions

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Asymmetries in the Northern Hemisphere neutral circulation that are dependent on the sign of the east-west 'B(y)' component of the IMF are presently illustrated by measurements of the neutral wind in the polar F-region which were conducted by the DE-2 spacecraft. The data thus obtained are categorized according to the sign of the hourly averaged IMF B(y) component measured by ISEE-3 for the hour preceding the DE-2 measurements. It is noted that there is (1) an asymmetry in the polar cap neutral flow velocity, with the region of most rapid antisunward flow shifting from the dawn side to the dusk side of the polar cap as B(y) changes from positive to negative; (2) a shift occurs in the magnetic local time of the region of entry of neutral gas into the polar cap, from a location on the dawn side of the moon-midnight meridian for B(y) positive to one more biased, for B(y) negative; and (3) there is an enhancement of velocities associated with the dawn anticlockwise neutral vortex for B(y) negative relative to those observed for B(y) positive.

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