Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975stin...7528979s&link_type=abstract
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Computer Science
Current Distribution, Earth Ionosphere, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetic Fields, Satellite Observation, Boundary Layers, Current Density, Magnetic Disturbances
Scientific paper
From the Triad magnetometer observation of a step-like level shift in the east-west component of the magnetic field at 800 km altitude, the existence of a net current flowing into or away from the ionosphere in a current layer was inferred. The current direction is toward the ionosphere on the morning side and away from it on the afternoon side. The field aligned currents observed by Triad are considered as being an important element in the electro-dynamical coupling between the distant magnetosphere and the ionosphere. The current density integrated over the thickness of the layer increases with increasing magnetic activity, but the relation between the current density and Kp in individual cases is not a simple linear relation. An extrapolation of the statistical relation to Kp = 0 indicates existence of a sheet current of order 0.1 amp/m even at extremely quiet times. During periods of higher magnetic activity an integrated current of approximately 1 amp/m and average current density of order 0.000001 amp/sq m are observed. The location and the latitudinal width of the field aligned current layer carrying the net current very roughly agree with those of the region of high electron intensities in the trapping boundary.
Potemra Thomas A.
Sugiura Muneo
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