Electric field at the seafloor due to a two-dimensional ionospheric current

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Feb 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000geoji.140..286p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 140, Issue 2, pp. 286-294.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Geomagnetic Disturbances, Geomagnetically Induced Currents (Gic), Ionospheric Currents, Submarine Electromagnetic Fields

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The relation between the seafloor electric field and the surface magnetic field is studied. It is assumed that the fields are created by a 2-D ionospheric current distribution resulting in the E-polarization. The layered earth below the sea water is characterized by a surface impedance. The electric field at the seafloor can be expressed either as an inverse Fourier transform integral over the wavenumber or as a spatial convolution integral. In both integrals the surface magnetic field is multiplied by a function that depends on the depth and conductivity of the sea water and on the properties of the basement. The fact that surface magnetic data are usually available on land, not at the sea surface, is also considered. Test computations demonstrate that the numerical inaccuracies involved in the convolution method are negligible. The theoretical equations are applied to calculate the seafloor electric fields due to an ionospheric line current or associated with real magnetic data collected by the IMAGE magnetometer array in northern Europe. Two different sea depths are considered: 100m (the continental shelf) and 5km (the deep ocean). It is seen that the dependence of the electric field on the oscillation period is weaker in the 5km case than for 100m.

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