Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....87.7513f&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, Sept. 1, 1982, p. 7513-7524.
Physics
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Auroral Zones, Electric Potential, Ionospheric Currents, Space Plasmas, Convection, Electric Fields, Latitude, Radar Measurement
Scientific paper
A method for determining the latitudinal variation of the electrostatic potential associated with the ionospheric convection electric field is presented. It is found that the potential often varies uniformly over 10 deg of latitude at dawn and dusk, with electric fields of 50 mV/m being common. The latitudinal variation of the potential is smooth and regular, lending itself to modeling, and the latitude of the greatest negative potential in the premidnight sector coincides with the Harang discontinuity in ionospheric currents. Equipotential contours spanning local time reveal that a two-cell pattern with varying degrees of asymmetry is consistently present at auroral latitudes, and that potential contours recede beyond the radar field of view significantly before and after noon.
Banks Peter M.
Doupnik Joe R.
Foster Christopher J.
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