Field-aligned ionospheric current systems observed from Magsat and Oersted satellites during northward IMF

Details Field-aligned ionospheric current systems observed from Magsat and Oersted satellites during northward IMF Field-aligned ionospheric current systems observed from Magsat and Oersted satellites during northward IMF

Aug 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29oors6s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 15, pp. ORS 6-1, CiteID 8005, DOI 10.1029/2001GL013961

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Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Current Systems (2409), Magnetospheric Physics: Polar Cap Phenomena

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Combination of Magsat and Oersted high-precision magnetic measurements has provided detailed and consistent patterns of ionospheric field-aligned current (FAC) patterns during intervals of northward interplanetary magnetic field (NBZ) conditions. Our analysis has revealed that the NBZ FAC currents extend from two rounded or bean-shaped ionospheric regions centered at 85° geomagnetic latitude and magnetic local times of approximately 0900 for the upward and 1500 for the downward FAC. The locations of the NBZ FAC regions are almost invariant to seasonal variations and to variations in the magnitude of IMF Bz. The NBZ FAC currents are sizeable for summer conditions only and vanishes during equinox and winter seasons. The NBZ FAC intensity is a strongly non-linear function of IMF Bz with a marked threshold at around +5 nT. The observed characteristics indicate that the NBZ currents are the competing high-latitude counterpart of the region 1 (R1) low-latitude boundary layer currents.

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