Large-scale characteristics of magnetospheric equatorial currents

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Feb 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....95..991i&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Feb. 1, 1990, p. 991-999. Research supported by NSF and U.S. Navy.

Physics

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Birkeland Currents, Earth Magnetosphere, Equatorial Atmosphere, Magnetospheric Instability, Ring Currents, Electric Current, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Fields

Scientific paper

Vector magnetic field data acquired with the AMPTE CCE satellite for prolonged periods of disturbed conditions have been analyzed. The characteristics of the intensities and flow directions of currents flowing parallel to and near the geomagnetic equatorial plane in the region between L = 4.0 and 8.8 R(E) have been determined. This analysis was done in a cylindrical magnetic coordinate system and by assuming north-south symmetry with respect to the geomagnetic equatorial plane. It is concluded that the equatorial currents, primarily the westward ring current, and the region 2 Birkeland current system are closely connected.

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