Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm31a1515h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM31A-1515
Physics
[2463] Ionosphere / Plasma Convection, [2475] Ionosphere / Polar Cap Ionosphere, [2712] Magnetospheric Physics / Electric Fields, [2736] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
Recent observations have shown that the ionospheric response to processes in the magnetosphere can be very dissimilar in the northern and southern hemispheres. In this paper we present a statistical study of ionospheric convection patterns obtained from 7 years of electric field observations from the Cluster mission. The results show some prominent asymmetries between the two hemispheres, but most of the differences can probably be attributed to ionospheric conductivities. The results also demonstrate that magnetospheric convection is not simply the result of processes in the magnetospheric boundaries and the magnetotail, but that it is modified and partly controlled by ionospheric effects.
Foerster Michael
Haaland Skjalg
Paschmann Goetz
Torbert Roy B.
Vaith H.
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