Field-aligned currents observed in the vicinity of a moving auroral arc

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Sep 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984esasp.217..383g&link_type=abstract

In ESA Achievements of the Intern. Magnetospheric Study (IMS) p 383-385 (SEE N85-24544 14-46)

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Auroral Arcs, Auroral Electrojets, Field Aligned Currents, Ionospheric Conductivity, Earth Magnetosphere, Electrical Measurement, Electron Flux Density, Magnetic Measurement, Rocket Sounding

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The sounding rocket Porcupine F4 was launched into an auroral arc and the field aligned currents were independently deduced from magnetic field measurements; the horizontal current deduced from the electric field measurements and height integrated conductivity calculations; and measurements of electron fluxes. Above the arc the different methods agree. The magnetosphere acts as generator and the ionosphere as load. North of the arc, the first two methods disagree, possibly due to an Alfven wave carrying the observed magnetic field perturbation. The energy flow is out of the ionosphere. Here the ionosphere acts as generator and the magnetosphere as load.

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