Penetration of magnetospheric electric fields to the equator during a geomagnetic storm

Details Penetration of magnetospheric electric fields to the equator during a geomagnetic storm Penetration of magnetospheric electric fields to the equator during a geomagnetic storm

Jun 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jgra..11306214k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue A6, CiteID A06214

Physics

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Ionosphere: Electric Fields (2712), Magnetospheric Physics: Field-Aligned Currents And Current Systems (2409), Ionosphere: Equatorial Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions (2736), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954)

Scientific paper

Penetration of the magnetospheric electric field to the equatorial ionosphere was examined for the geomagnetic storm on 6 November 2001, by analyzing the difference in magnitude of the geomagnetic storm recorded at the dayside geomagnetic equator, Yap (-0.3° GML) and low latitude, Okinawa (14.47° GML). The penetrated electric field caused the DP2 currents at the equator, i.e., eastward currents during the main phase of the storm, while the overshielding currents, i.e., westward currents dominated during the recovery phase. It is shown that the ring current started to develop simultaneously with the onset of the equatorial DP2 within the temporal resolution of a few minutes. These results imply prompt transmission of the dawn-to-dusk convection electric field to the inner magnetosphere as well as to the equatorial ionosphere. It is found that the equatorial DP2 started to decrease one hour after the onset of the ring current development, indicating shielding effects becoming effective at the equator during the latter half of the storm main phase. The DP2 was then overwhelmed by the overshielding, which resulted in the counter electrojet (CEJ) in the beginning of the storm recovery phase. The IMAGE magnetometer chain data indicate that the westward auroral electrojet (AEJ) in the dawn sector was driven over midlatitude centered at 57° corrected geomagnetic latitude (CGML) during the main phase, while the AEJ shifted rapidly poleward to the auroral latitude centered at 67° CGML in the beginning of the recovery phase. The overshielding must be caused by the abrupt poleward shift of the R1 FACs as inferred from the poleward shift of the AEJ, in addition to the decrease in their magnitude due to the decrease in magnitude of the southward IMF. The geomagnetic storm at the dayside geomagnetic equator was enhanced in amplitude with the ratio of 2.7 as compared with the geomagnetic storm at low latitude. This amplification is a result of both effects of the DP2 currents and the CEJ associated with the main and recovery phases, respectively. It is suggested that the electric field associated with the DP2 currents contributed to the development of the ring current during the main phase, while the overshielding electric field may contribute to cease developing the ring current during the recovery phase.

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