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Aug 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11508316e&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A8, CiteID A08316
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Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Time Variations: Secular And Longer, Ionosphere: Current Systems (2721), Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics, Ionosphere: Active Experiments
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Long-term trends in solar quiet geomagnetic field variation (Sq) are studied in connection to the Earth's magnetic field secular variations and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Sq is mainly caused by ionospheric current systems that flow in the E region and depends, among other variables, on the ionospheric conductivities. These conductivities in turn depend on the Earth's main magnetic field (B) and the electron concentration in the E region, for which foE is a measure of its peak value. Since B shows secular variation, induced long-term changes in Sq might be expected. Another possible mechanism that would be able to induce Sq trends is the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases that produce a cooling effect in the upper atmosphere and, according to model predictions and experimental results, an increasing trend in foE. To detect if both mechanisms mentioned are able to induce trends in Sq, the Sq variation of the horizontal intensity (H) of three magnetic observatories (Apia, Fredericksburg, and Hermanus), for which B is decreasing, is analyzed for the period 1960-2001. We find significant increasing trends (6.6%, 5.4%, and 9.9%, respectively) which may be partially accounted for by B secular variations in the respective sites. The Sq trend expected from the theoretically predicted foE increase is low (˜0.5%), although positive, as is the observed trend.
de Artigas Marta Zossi
de Haro Barbas Blas F.
Elias Ana G.
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