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Scientific paper
Apr 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....87.2465m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, Apr. 1, 1982, p. 2465-2480.
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Atmospheric Electricity, Electric Fields, Ionospheric Currents, Atmospheric Models, Current Density, E Region, Field Aligned Currents, Ionospheric Conductivity, Magnetic Variations, Ohms Law, Vertical Distribution
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An empirical model of local horizontal electric current flow seasonal variations above Saint-Santin, France, is generated by means of Ohm's law and a combination of ionosphere electrodynamic parameter local models derived from previous incoherent scatter studies. The Hall and Pedersen, neutral wind-driven and electric field-driven contributions to the total current are explicitly obtained, and the local time variations of the two components of the total, height-integrated horizontal current are compared with the magnetic variation at another location. The zonal component is found to be weak in all seasons, due to the equal and opposite contributions of the electric field and neutral winds. Both the net northward flow of charges revealed by the ionospheric data, and the observed discrepancy between calculated ionospheric currents and magnetic data, suggest that field-aligned currents are flowing from the northern to the southern hemisphere in the authors' longitude sector during at least part of the day.
Blanc Michel
Mazaudier Christine
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