Current flow in the magnetosphere and ionosphere during periods of moderate activity

Details Current flow in the magnetosphere and ionosphere during periods of moderate activity Current flow in the magnetosphere and ionosphere during periods of moderate activity

Jun 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.2271h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, June 1, 1977, p. 2271-2282. Research supported by the National Research Council of Ca

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Electric Fields, Geomagnetism, Ionospheric Currents, Magnetospheric Instability, Auroral Electrojets, Diurnal Variations, Field Aligned Currents, Field Strength, Geomagnetic Latitude, Histograms

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Data from polar-orbiting satellites have confirmed the existence of field-aligned current flow into and out of the auroral oval. Recently, it has been found that the inward/outward flow exceeds the outward/inward flow in the morning/evening sector. In this paper we present the ground-based signatures of the net field-aligned current flow, and using these signatures, we are able to establish the diurnal variation of the field-aligned currents penetrating the auroral oval. Information on the diurnal variation of auroral zone electric fields is used to develop a current circuit in which the net upward and downward field-aligned currents are linked by ionospheric currents. In particular, it is believed that net downward current flow across local magnetic noon feeds both the eastward and the westward electrojets, while the region of the Harang discontinuity near local magnetic midnight is the site of poleward-flowing Hall current and westward Pedersen current.

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